A Homemade Talking Machine?

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VanEpsFan1914
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A Homemade Talking Machine?

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Ladies and gents,

I was tinkering around with a couple 14" Edison horns. I ended up with two horns in the accumulation of Edison parts and, well, the old Standard only has one reproducer. So I was looking at those, and at an 8" Don Wilson resin record, and considered...

Would it work if I built a tiny talking machine? I was thinking to use a homemade cabinet, regular crap-o type motor modified for cabinet operation, homemade hardware, and the Edison horn on rear-mounted configuration. THe reproducer would be an antique but one too damaged to use on an original, "cabbaged" onto a homemade tonearm

The whole mix would be done with attention to style and a good eye for looks. I had an old crap-o at one time and dismantled, refinished, and customized it into a very pretty gramophone. This would be a ground-up machine with no intent to deceive, just a tiny 7" or 8" platter and a small motor and horn.

Anyone ever made a phonograph before?

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