Edison Phonograph

Solana Beach Heritage Museum - California - USA

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[anthonyverhulst]

Edison invented the phonograph in 1888. For a number of years he submitted updates to his patent. Our model is a 1903 Edison Home Phonograph. In time competitors started making phonographs incorporating improvements like a bigger horn, flat vinyl discs and placing the horn vertically rather than horizontally and enclosing it in a cabinet. It was during this period that Radio Corporation of America (RCA) started making models such as this and used the trade name RCA Victrola.

[josette76]

To coondogtheman1234: Since when is the IPod remotely considered a phonograph? You youngsters nowadays don't appericiate fine antiques nor that of old music. Try prying yourself away from your IPOD technological blunder for once and you might be amazed at what you hear from an Edison wax cylinder phonograph or even the Edison diamond disc phonograph. To Anthony: Well done! I enjoyed watching the video clip, keep up the great work.

[EJFSanchez80]

thanks for sharing, I always wanted to see one in action. Maybe 100 years from now people will be amazed when they see an mp3 or cd player working.

[gregoryagogo]

Ummmm, like the video stopped before the song did...

[EnerG15]

@josette76 I'am fourteen and have a large interest in these machines! I have been a phonograph collector for sometime and have a very nice collection! I don't even have an Ipod and I don't wan't one! I have an Edison Amberola 30, Edison Standard model A, Edison Home model A, Victor VV-VI, and some other outside horn disc phonograph that has proven to be unknown even with intensive research. I also have about 110 two and four minute cylinder records and about 30 disc records. Happy collecting!

[coldplays179]

hey this may sound like a dumb question- but what does the crank on the side do ? thanks

[coldplays179]

hey this probably sounds like a dumb question..... what does the turn crank on the side do? is this how it is powered by turning it?

[HalogenBurn]

Yo inside information: I hear Lady GaGa is cutting her next album onto edison cylinders. Doooooooooooope.

[patrickdcyau]

That really broadens my horizon.

[2340277]

Is there any place I can get instructions for making them?

[edisonphonographs]

Acutally I just realized that it is an edison home model B so it is from 1905 or 1906. Souds good.

Thanks

[darksound1973]

The Record is Tipperary March Played by the Edison Concert band. What is interesting is that cylinder records are not actually awax, but rather a metallic soap compound. Black wax is Aluminum,zinc and copper sterates, sodium sterate, pine tar, ceresine lampblack,and caranuba wax.