Deadwax 78's

The Cremonaphone was a product of Amherst Pianos Ltd., located in Amherst, Nova Scotia. Before commenting on the companies gramophone business, a short history of the company is in order.

Amherst was a bustling town in 1912, with a growing population. Like so many small communities then, as now, they were eager to attract new industry.

The first woman to have her voice recorded by the phonograph was no doubt some lady fascinated by Thomas Edison's original tin-foil invention. The first woman to achieve widespread acclaim as a professional recording star, however, was unquestionably Ada Jones. There is some proof that hers was one of the first women's voices successfully recorded for early commercial cylinders, but that is an incident rather unrelated to her great popularity later as the world’s "First Lady" of the phonograph

This is part 2 of the history the Compo co story ... by Steven Barr 1984

In 1929, the Compo Company, for unknown reasons, completely reorganized their stable of labels. The Lucky Strike and Microphone labels disappeared, to be superseded by Crown, Royal and, somewhat later, Sterling, introduced in 1931 as a 35 cent competition for Bluebird

From an article by Steven C. Barr 1984
Canadian Antique Phonograph Society (CAPS) cpasnews.org
In early 1919 the Compo Company began operations, at first pressing Okeh masters for the Phonola label, and shortly thereafter pressing Gennett records for the Starr Piano Company's Canadian subsidiary; both phonograph firms had previously imported records. Herbert Berliner left his father's firm to serve as president of the Compo firm

Frances Densmore
claimed that from an early age, “I heard an Indian drum.” She recalled
hearing the drumming of her Dakota neighbors as a child and reflected, “Others have
heard the same drum and the sound was soon forgotten but I have followed it all these
years.”