The Edison Home Model A Phonograph
The Model A Edison Home Phonograph was made from 1901 to 1905. In 1903 a lever replaced the button to lift the reproducer. The Model A came in a green oak case. A wide variety of horns were available.
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The Edison Gem Model C Phonograph The Edison Gem Model C cylinder phonograph is fairly rare due to a lawsuit that limited the years of it’s production. This machine was first offered in February 1908 and was replaced by the Model-D in October of 1909. Many of the Model C’s have the script Edison gold decal of the earlier models on their wood case, a gold “Gem” decal on the machine and fancier striping. The Edison Gem Model B Phonograph The Edison Gem Model B was introduced in November 1905 with a Model C reproducer and was manufactured until 1908. It was made to play the Edison Standard two minute cylinders with 100 grooves per inch. This was Edison’s least expensive model of the time, retailing for $10. The machine was marked with a gold “GEM” decal. The Edison Gem Model A Phonograph Produced from 1899 to 1902, the Edison Gem Model A was constructed entirely of metal amd had no case and no baseboard. A simple metal drip pan below the motor kept oil from leaking on the table, hence the term “Drip Pan Gem.” The Model A has a unique built-in reproducer which cannot be removed from the carriage. The early Model A was Edison’s bargain model, at a [...] Click here to continue reading. The Edison Fireside Model A Phonograph The Edison Fireside Model A had a production run from 1909 to 1912. It was a simple two to four minute phonograph housed in an oak case with the “EDISON” name in front. It came with a Model K reproducer to play both two or four minutes cylinder records. A Diamond B reproducer could be installed, but that limited the machine’s playing ability to four minute cylinders. A [...] Click here to continue reading. The Edison Diamond Disc London Consol Phonograph Manufacture of the Diamond Disc started around 1912. Edison’s cylinder model phonographs stopped selling and customers were switching over to 78 r.p.m. players. Edison, who was always different, came out with these models which had a unique format, they played at 80 r.p.m. They also had a diamond for a needle. Needles on 78 r.p.m.s had to be replaced every one or two plays. Edison’s diamond disc [...] Click here to continue reading. The Edison Diamond Disc Model C-250 Phonograph Manufacture of the Diamond Disc started around 1912. Edison’s cylinder model phonographs stopped selling and customers were switching over to 78 r.p.m. players. Edison, who was always different, came out with the Diamond Disc models which had a unique format, they played at 80 r.p.m. They also had a diamond for a needle. Needles on 78 r.p.m.s had to be replaced every one or two plays. Edison’s [...] Click here to continue reading. Vitaphone Vitaphone was a sound film process used on features and nearly 2,000 short subjects produced by Warner Brothers and its sister studio First National from 1926 to 1930. Many early talkies, such as The Jazz Singer (1927), used the Vitaphone process. Vitaphone was the last, but most successful, of the so-called sound-on-disc processes. With improvements in competing sound-on-film processes, Vitaphone’s technical imperfections led to its retirement early in the sound era. (The name [...] Click here to continue reading. Steinway Pianos Steinway & Sons was founded on March 5, 1853, by the German immigrant Henry Engelhard Steinway and his sons in New York City, the center of the piano-making industry. Henry, a master cabinetmaker, built his first piano in the kitchen of his Seesen, Germany, home. Known as the “kitchen” piano, this instrument was exhibited for many years at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and can now be seen at the factory’s gallery [...] Click here to continue reading. Cheney Talking Machine Phonographs Some of the most unusual and interesting “off brand” internal horn acoustic phonographs were made by the Cheney Talking Machine Company of Chicago, Illinois. These often have square and boxy cabinets, but most intriguing are their unusual sound-constricted air passages, as well as “step chambered” tone arms and internal horns. The Cheney Talking Machine Company was founded in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1914 by Forest Cheney, a concert violinist of [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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