What’s this machine?

[AmberolaAndy]

These are photos of a machine I saw for sale on EBay. It looks like a Columbia machine but apparently it isn’t. Who made this?

[kirtley2012]

Pathé, they often resembled columbia's, this one copying the type B, I suspect the wooden base might be a replacement though

[TinfoilPhono]

Pathé wasn't the only European company to make knock-offs of the Columbia "Eagle." There's a wealth of machines made by many different manufacturers that were all closely based on the Columbia design. I've often thought it would be fun to put together a collection of as many different permutations as possible. It would be a very big collection!

[kirtley2012]

Pathé wasn't the only European company to make knock-offs of the Columbia "Eagle." There's a wealth of machines made by many different manufacturers that were all closely based on the Columbia design. I've often thought it would be fun to put together a collection of as many different permutations as possible. It would be a very big collection!

Learn something new everyday!

[TinfoilPhono]

Here's my favorite Eagle knockoff: the Omega. There are a ton of similarities to the Columbia, but a couple of major differences as well -- notably the vertical governor. The only other phonograph I'm aware of with vertical governor is the Edison Class M.

[AmberolaAndy]

Did these play and have the same quality as the Columbia machines? Or were these a little “off?” Like a Victrola compared to an off brand upright like a Vitanola for example.

[estott]

Did these play and have the same quality as the Columbia machines? Or were these a little “off?” Like a Victrola compared to an off brand upright like a Vitanola for example.

With such basic machines the sound was often just the same. Pathé machines were often more mechanically refined than Columbia machines of the same era.[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ9KLgXZXtM[/youtube]