Anyone ever seen the Crippen machine this goes to?

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Anyone ever seen the Crippen machine this goes to?

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This reproducer apparently goes to an Interphone Talking Machine by the Crippen Company. That's how much information is available. The reproducer is all I have. Wondering what the machine looked like.....
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Don't know this brand, but I'd bet this diaphragm was manufactured by Aeolian Vocalion. The five screws on the back, the two screw piece with the neck, and the needlebar balance fulcrum, even the square needle chuck are equal to my Vocalion. Except for the black part in front of the diaphragm... They look very very similar. The backplate in my Vocalion is made of something similar to black bakelite, not golden metal as this one seems to be. But the overall look is the same! Might Crippen be a client brand of Vocalion?
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We have not seen a machine in person, however, this is one of the of-brands we have some research material on.

The Walter Crippen Co. was incorporated in 1914. Sold a line of player pianos, also called the Crippen-Interpretone. The company branched out to sell talking machines in January 1920. The reproducer was claimed to eliminate the 'diaphragm demons' and keep the vibrations from overlapping.
The talking machines were very handsome in cabinet design, but short-lived. The company was filed in bankruptcy by July 1920.

Here are a few pictures from Talking Machine World advertisements, all early 1920.
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Thanks for posting this information. I have the same "Radio" reproducer and wondered what it went to... It works on the tonearm of my Fairy Phono Lamp...
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Any colleague can report about how this reproducer plays? It would be interesting to be able to see and hear it working, a YT video or something... :roll:
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Chances of finding such a machine are slim to none but thank you for the knowledge shared here; Much appreciated!.

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