Featured Phonograph № 43
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 3:43 pm
Make: Columbia
Model: BS Coin-op
Serial # 162470
Year(s) Made: Introduced 1898
Original Cost: $20.00
Case/Cabinet Size: 15" x 9"
Turntable/Mandrel: 2 Minute Cylinders
Reproducer/Sound-Box: #2 Floating type
Motor: 2 spring "Eagle"
Horn Dimensions: 13" x 6 ½" Nickel plated tin
Reproduction Parts: Sign board
Current Value: $4000-4500 ?
Interesting Facts: Purchased from the granddaughter of the original owner who had used it in a General store in Mass. Has the original finish & decal and no broken glass occurred during shipping !
Favorite Characteristics: Smooth working operation and is interesting to see all the coin and motor movements during play. Drop the coin, wind it till it stops and it plays the featured song, the machine resets itself at the end of the song for the next listener. Listening tubes were often used in parlors or public places. I use indestructible cylinders due to the drop of the reproducer in its operation.
Model: BS Coin-op
Serial # 162470
Year(s) Made: Introduced 1898
Original Cost: $20.00
Case/Cabinet Size: 15" x 9"
Turntable/Mandrel: 2 Minute Cylinders
Reproducer/Sound-Box: #2 Floating type
Motor: 2 spring "Eagle"
Horn Dimensions: 13" x 6 ½" Nickel plated tin
Reproduction Parts: Sign board
Current Value: $4000-4500 ?
Interesting Facts: Purchased from the granddaughter of the original owner who had used it in a General store in Mass. Has the original finish & decal and no broken glass occurred during shipping !
Favorite Characteristics: Smooth working operation and is interesting to see all the coin and motor movements during play. Drop the coin, wind it till it stops and it plays the featured song, the machine resets itself at the end of the song for the next listener. Listening tubes were often used in parlors or public places. I use indestructible cylinders due to the drop of the reproducer in its operation.