Columbia Reproducer ID?

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Columbia Reproducer ID?

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I have a Columbia reproducer that I have not seen before. It brings to mind the early 'Concert' reproducer c.1912-1915. Is it a contemporary or cousin of that model?

Thanks! Cliff
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It works very well. Hear it play on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P32LR2QnHbM

What it looked like when I got it.
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Re: Columbia Reproducer ID?

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Can anyone tell me the approximate date this model reproducer was used? It has a mica diaphragm, I'm guessing early-mid 'teens??

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At the moment I can't access it; but according to illustrations I have seen in Baumbach & Lackey's book, that reproducer is found on many Grafonolas from the early/mid 'teens.

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Lucius1958 wrote:At the moment I can't access it; but according to illustrations I have seen in Baumbach & Lackey's book, that reproducer is found on many Grafonolas from the early/mid 'teens.

Bill
It looks like the same reproducer that was on my ultra rare Columbia Europa that I sold years ago and wish I hadn't.

EDIT: Did a search, and dang- here it is on our little dining room table. I had fun restoring it as it was a basket case when I got it. It was a very late outside horn machine, with later parts on it than any others I could find on the WWW had, and I was able to save the original logo. Mixing the paint to match exactly was a real exercise too.

But there's your reproducer.

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