What is Aretino Records?
[[File:Aretino Disc.jpg|thumb|Aretino record]] '''Aretino''' was an [[United States|American]] [[record label]]. It was in business from about 1907 to 1914. Aretino was started by Arthur J. O’Neill. He started many record and phonograph businesses in the [[Chicago]] area.<ref name=sutton>{{cite book| last = Sutton| first = Allan| title = American Record Labels and Companies – An Encyclopedia (1891-1943)| publisher = [[Mainspring Press]]| year = 2000| isbn = 0-9671819-0-9}}</ref> O’Neill named this company in honor of Guido Aretino, an 11th-century [[Italy|Italian]] [[monk]].<ref name=fab>{{cite book| last1 = Fabrizio| first1 = Timothy C.| last2 = Paul| first2 = George F.| title = The Talking Machine: an Illustrated Compendium, 1877-1929| publisher = Schiffer Pub.| year = 2005| isbn=978-0-7643-2240-2}}</ref> Aretino is an odd type of record because the hole in the center is very large compared to the normal size. It is the largest ever for a record that was made for people to use in their houses.<ref name=rust>{{cite book| last = Rust| first = Brian A. L.| title = The American Record Label Book| url = https://archive.org/details/americanrecordla0000rust| publisher = Da Capo Press| year = 1984| isbn=978-0-306-76211-6}}</ref> Like many of O'Neill's other companies, Aretino was run as a [[Vendor lock-in|premium scheme]]. A [[phonograph]] (record player) was offered for not much money.<ref name=majestic>Longwell, Glenn [http://majesticrecord.com/labelsa2.htm 78 rpm Records Labels - Ap to Az] Majestic Records. Retrieved June 7, 2011</ref><ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4GdXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WfADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4240,3687632 Aretino phonograph and record ad]. [[Eugene Register-Guard]]. December 8, 1910. Page 2.</ref> However, this record player could only play Aretino records because it came with a 3-inch spindle.<ref name=majestic /> O’Neill also offered adapters for Aretino discs. These allowed the discs to be played on record players that had normal spindles, or even on a Busy Bee machine<ref name=fab /> (a