American Talking Machine Co

[Gramtastic UK]

Hello from the sunny UK !
I wondered if anyone can shed any light on this query ? I have just acquired a Phonograph horn which has a label on it from the "American Talking Machine Co. Putney London". I have Googled this but have found nothing. Do any of you US experts know anything about this company ?
Many thanks and best wishes for 2012 !

[Starkton]

This is my comment from an older topic (could be easily found on Google):

Since September 1897 and before starting a syndicate, William Barry Owen traded in Europe in his own right - as an unincorporated business.

To ensure retail price maintenance, he sold directly through an approved dealer network. From the beginning, the London branch of The American Talking Machine Co. was one of the approved dealers. Machines and records were sent from New York by Frederick Marion Prescott, who was appointed sole exporter by Frank Seaman's National Gramophone Co.

This business scheme was maintained when Owen and the Liverpool merchant Edgar Storey formed a small private trading syndicate, called The Gramophone Co. in March 1898.

[Gramtastic]

Thanks for info !

It doesn't come up on Google though