Columbia Orchestra

Columbia Orchestra A house orchestra for Columbia in 1896–1909, replacing Issler’s Orchestra in that capacity. Directors were Fred Hager (from the late 1890s to about 1902–03), Charles Adam Prince (ca. 1902–1905, when he established his own Prince’s Orchestra), and Tom Clark. They had more than 100 cylinders in Columbia’s 1897 catalog. The first disc record issued with a Columbia label, in 1902, was made by this group; they played “In a Clock Store.” Waltz recordings were among their favorites.