Brian's Crank-Up Phonographs #2 - The Uprights

[kirtley2010]

hi there i dont know if you know but the kimball has a tonearm to play vertical and lateral cut records if you turn it so you could probably play the edison records on it

[Turkeydoodlers]

Brian,

I just got a Kimball today myself, i never heard of one i thought they only made pianos.. mine works and plays just fine, they must be somewhat rare?:

[CandidKamerah]

that Edison record looks very dirty...

[PaulStryper24]

how much did it cost? also, I LOVE PHONOGRAPHS!

[FunkyRob]

Man, these old record players are a trip to look at. Thomas Edison was the man! We owe a lot to him.

[gramophoneshane]

Hi Again :)The C250s were made from Dec1915 til March 1919,& then became the C19.They were available in mahogany(like Mikey's) & in oak(rarer), and the metalwork is 22ct gold plated.They originally cost $250 in the USA, and went up to $285 by Sept 1918.

[gramophoneshane]

Brian, your Kimball is awsome!I love the volume control. I've been collecting for 30yrs, and haven't seen that system before. The Kimball would be a much rarer machine than the edison. You'll probly find the metal is gold plated, and not brass. Cool machine!!

[briansredd]

That's great info. Thank you! Mikey will be happy to hear some history on his machine. He'll be moving it into his new home soon. That Kimball is an intiresting unit, isn't it? It's rough and has lots of missing wood trim but works and sounds pretty good

[texs2007]

A local drug store has an Edison player in the front of their store! Unsure if it works,since they say it's on loan from another family.

[FlotsamX]

Wow... you sure seem to be quite a record afficianado! Well, I have no record-phonographs, but I'm content with having a first edition Edison Cylinder Phonograph!(although I have no cylinders XP)

[casgar49]

i love this kind of stuff! i never saw a machine like that one, but my father had a electronic one, when i was a child,1995, i never knew about CDs a i thought that the LP disks were the State of the Art.

[coondogtheman1234]

they were, till the CD was invented in i think 1981 not sure and i think the first song ever put on a CD was bruce springsteens song born in the USA

[briansredd]

Welcome to the wonderful world of blocked users. Didn't your mother tell "If you can's say something nice, don't say anything at all"? Guess not. I'd advise you to adjust your attitude here a bit and be a bit more constructive if you plan on sticking around.

[HarborGuy]

Was it made by the Kimble Piano Co.??

[briansredd]

Yes, it was :)

[EmmetEarwax]

A piano company ? That would explain all the wood ! I wonder what parts of piano and phonograph were interchangable ! Talk about diversification !

[briansredd]

That's cool stuff! These belonged to my friend's grandfather but he was not the original owner. What your parents have is not only audio history but family history. Exellent!

[phononut]

what type of records do you have in your collection? i'm trying to complete my collection of 1920's string band music.

[XAss]

That was cool :)

[coondogtheman1234]

lol an iPod from 1919 lol cool machine. do you think they could put music from today on a 78RPM record and play it on here just curious, and the volume control is neat on this thing and best of all this thing uses zero electricity just hand power kinda like those crank up flashlights i have a few of those

[casgar49]

yeah an old one ipod!

[jungletekno]

Thats great!

[briansredd]

Right on, Andre. Thanks for watching and if I can ever by of any assistance, feel free to shoot me a message or email

[afa78djd]

Cool Brian! You know, my grandmother owns lots of antique stuff like this record player. She has a really old grandfather clock, sometimes it even freaks me out! Maybe I watch too much movies!!! Great Video Brian, thankx!!!!

[ellaskins]

The toon playing, wat it the re-mix?? LOL! good vid Bri!!

[ellaskins]

nice, how many watts?? 500, 1,000??

[djpi0]

lol.. i got one in lebanon.. but its the typical phonograph..

[Azsman610]

Wow! Any radio station manager watching this is probably going nuts right about now, ;-D

[briansredd]

Yeah, that's the one!

[BigMilan]

Thanx man! The library idea sounds great. I've sort of got a similar idea. When I read books, i like to buy them and read them, rather than borrow. that way i slowly build a library of sorts as i keep reading. same with DVDs - i buy them - not a fan of piracy. i'm gonna need more space for the dvds soon... well as well as the books. and the records now too. i'm starting to run out of space in my room for it all.

thanks for the videos!

[briansredd]

No problem, brother. I'm glad you enjoyed looking at them :)

[discodjking]

You are so lucky' i wish i had this stuff,just look after it.

Id say bye looking at it you already have.

Great stuff Bri

[aldiakaroofus]

You're much better off with the Kimble (Kimbel?) because you can play any accoustic 78 on it (except Edisons). You don't get to play as many on the Edison. And frankly, it's hard to find anything good on Edison discs. Edison knew a lot about making money but his musical taste sucked. ;-)

[briansredd]

It's Kimball, and yeah the Edison stuff isn't much fun to listen to but it's a beautiful machine. They are more for display than to check out tunes anyway. Thanks for watching!

[Zen5656]

I want to see the dog again. What is the name of the Edison machine? Maybe I can find a bigger picture of it in the web :)

[WallaxWallax]

This might be an amateur question but does the Edisson and the Kembel play conventional vinyl, like the vinyl you can buy at a record store today, or they have to be special made way back then????

[briansredd]

The vinyl is way too soft today to be played on these old machines. The needle is actually like a headless nail.  For fun, I'll do an experiment with new vinyl on one of these sometime.

[JesusIsMyHomeDogg]

But could you do it the other way around - put old vinyl on a new turntable?

Did you ever have the phonographs appraised?