Horn Amplifier - Volume Control Magnola Talking Machine

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Horn Amplifier - Volume Control Magnola Talking Machine

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This is the patent for the amplifier and tone control for the Magnola Talking Machine. The machines parent company was a piano company by the name of M. Schultz in Chicago.
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Re: Horn Amplifier - Volume Control Magnola Talking Machine

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I've never seen or heard a horn like that in action before. This is pretty neat. I know you have or had a Magnola Talking Machine; how is the sound?

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Re: Horn Amplifier - Volume Control Magnola Talking Machine

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It sounds good, like an old radio. But the reproducer is an old Heineman pot metal one, and don’t sound great even rebuilt, I have to close the lid.

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