Featured Phonograph No. 101
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 12:59 pm
Make: American Graphophone Company
Model: CA
Serial # 519861
Year(s) Made: 1904-2905
Original Cost: ??
Case/Cabinet Size: Base = 16 ½ x 10”
Turntable/Mandrel: 6” Nickel Plated Mandrel (For home or business use)
Reproducer/Sound-Box: #5 aluminum floating reproducer with thumb screw
Motor: Westinghouse AC electric motor utilizing Tesla’s design
Horn Dimensions: Listening tubes
Reproduction Parts: Belt and listening tubes
Current Value: ?
Favorite Characteristics: I like the early electric machines and AC motors were very rare in 1905 as it had yet to become widely accepted. This machine is in amazing excellent condition. One of these machines appeared in the Fabrizio/Paul book “A World of Antique Phonographs” on page96. The serial number of this machine demonstrates the serial number block began before 52000 and this model may have been comingled with spring motor versions.
Model: CA
Serial # 519861
Year(s) Made: 1904-2905
Original Cost: ??
Case/Cabinet Size: Base = 16 ½ x 10”
Turntable/Mandrel: 6” Nickel Plated Mandrel (For home or business use)
Reproducer/Sound-Box: #5 aluminum floating reproducer with thumb screw
Motor: Westinghouse AC electric motor utilizing Tesla’s design
Horn Dimensions: Listening tubes
Reproduction Parts: Belt and listening tubes
Current Value: ?
Favorite Characteristics: I like the early electric machines and AC motors were very rare in 1905 as it had yet to become widely accepted. This machine is in amazing excellent condition. One of these machines appeared in the Fabrizio/Paul book “A World of Antique Phonographs” on page96. The serial number of this machine demonstrates the serial number block began before 52000 and this model may have been comingled with spring motor versions.