Queen City Manufacturers, Limited, 474 Queen Street West, Toronto, made talking machine horns and record cabinets.

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Talking Machine World, April 1906, p. 38. Announcement of the Queen City Talking Machine Company (later, Queen City Manufacturers, Ltd.), 474 Queen Street West, Toronto, in April, 1906, a new dealer in talking machines, specializing in Columbia phonographs and records.



Globe and Mail, December 24, 1906, p. 9. In December, 1906, Queen City Talking Machine Company changed their name and incorporated as Queen City Manufacturers, 474 Queen Street West, Toronto. The company was listed as a new Toronto enterprise in the Toronto Telegram on December 22, 1906, and in the Globe and Mail on December 24. Capital $40,000.



Talking Machine World, February 1907, p. 3. Announcement in February, 1907, that Queen City Manufacturers, Ltd., were "carrying on the manufacture of talking machine horns".



Toronto Star, April 13, 1907, p. 15. Advertisement in April, 1907, for the "Marconic" device to reduce the scratching sound when playing records.



Toronto Star, June 7, 1907, p. 4. Advertisement in June, 1907, for a sound modifier.



Canadian Music Trades Journal, September 15, 1907, p. 1. Advertisement in September, 1907, for Made in Canada record cabinets by Queen City Manufacturers, Ltd.



Canadian Music Trades Journal, November 15, 1907, p. 1. Advertisement in November, 1907, for needles for disc records supplied by Queen City Manufacturers, Ltd.



Toronto Telegram, January 14, 1908, p. 3. In January, 1908, the company advertised for an "expert solicitor ... good proposition for a hustler".



Toronto Star, February 15, 1908, p. 3. Finally, in February, 1908, Queen City Manufacturers, Ltd. officially changed their name to Toronto Phonograph Company, Ltd.



Canadian Music Trades Journal, August 1, 1908, p. 18.