VanEpsFan1914 wrote:If they ever bring the phonograph back, this is the first machine they need to copy. Make a simple, straightforward, lightweight machine like this.
I wish they were find-able in the United States. The angles make me wonder if it was built by the people behind the Plano-Reflex tonearm,
Even the later Chromogram models are hard to find over here and I suspect they were produced in greater numbers than this one. I have been unable to find any other pictures of this machine anywhere on the internet. Columbia built the Plano-reflex tonearm in 1929 a full three years after the MP3 Player, if you will excuse my calling it that. According to the notice discovered in the horn space the Patentee is an individual named Cullum. Doubtless there will be records of Columbia's patents regarding the plano reflex tonearm.
I have seen drawings of the Chromogram horn and it looks nothing like this bizarre looking item. So this horn may have been abandoned in favor of more conventionally shaped horns after a short production run.