Edison "Manhattan" Coin-Operated Phonograph

An unusual 1901 coin-op with Edison mechanism. Notice the very unusual coin chute, which requires that the penny jump into the cup from the bottom of the ramp. This was a crude by effective slug rejector. The magnet would deflect steel slugs, while only coins of the correct weight would jump across the gap without missing.

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• edison
• phonograph
• coin-op
• manhattan
• co.

[Madness832]

What is the horseshoe magnet for?

[ReneRondeau]

It is part of the crude slug rejector design. A steel slug would be attracted by the magnet and would fall off the end of the coin ramp without making the leap to the brass coin receptacle on the bottom. Only a coin of the correct size and weight can fly across the air gap to make it to the receptacle. Also, the upper ramp is tilted slightly toward the back, with a wire along the top. Any undersize coin or slug would fall backwards through the open area, never making it to the bottom.

[edisonphonographs]

Is that an automatic or a model C reproducer? What starts and stops the motor?

Thanks

[ReneRondeau]

The reproducer is an Automatic, with the addition of a flat spring that adds tension to the weight to increase volume. It would have been brutal on brown wax cylinders! The motor starts and stops by a brake that engages with the governor. The coin trips a lever as it passes through, starting the motor. Another lever is tripped when the spring-loaded return mechanism pulls the carriage back at the end of the record, shutting off the motor.

[edisonphonographs]

Is the metal plate infront of the straight edge moved out but the turning of the crank?

Thanks

[ReneRondeau]

Winding the machine lowers the lift in front of the straight edge so it can play. At the end of the cycle it snaps upright to raise the reproducer again.

[chermaster85]

Amazing technology... I love to watch this. Let's just be honest everyone; this kind of technology beats every CD, DVD and BluRay disc, doesn't it??

[meyiyiyi55]

damn thats cool!

[RecordKing44]

I'm 13 and I LOVE records!!!

[DeutscheRossiya]

By the silvery moon,Singer Possibly if I am correct it's Ada Jones

[amorthis]

ooo i must have it

[rweerakkody4565]

@theminicooper  =) maybe thats how they spelt it in 1901 =)

[theminicooper]

@rweerakkody4565 oh you're right! I didn't notice it! I can't even read who's singing it!! ! And I wonder why it's written «To-day's» and not «today's»??!!

[rweerakkody4565]

@theminicooper you can read it at 0:34

[rweerakkody4565]

by the light of the silvery moon......thats the song right?

[quantumbits]

@Patriot1776 Bakelite maybe ?