Your Best Find For 2014

[tinovanderzwan]

My best find this year was a pile of sixteen(!) hard rubber 5" Berliner (Kämmer & Reinhardt) discs. All in great condition with backplate, all first pressings of 1890, most of them unplayed, many are undocumented, ten are recorded with Emile Berliner's voice. Wrapped in an old newspaper, and therefore protected from sunlight, the discs survived near Hanover in a large wooden soap box, which a doll collector located in the attic of her great aunt (a wonderful story in itself), together with Kämmer & Reinhardt dolls, also of 1890.

I always thought I could never afford one. So I was simply overwhelmed when the doll collector handed me over the first, but almost fainted when she presented up the others ... No doubt, this is the largest find ever of such discs. Sadly, the K&R gramophone wasn't found. Only the turntable felt came with the discs.

Photos will be shown in a future article for The Antique Phonograph in my serial about "E. Berliner's Grammophon."

can you find a way to digitize these i would love to add them to my digital sound archive
these are real treasures and should be saved for prosperity for everyone to enjoy
if you are interested give me a pm for my email adress after you sent the digital files via mail i will even clean them up a bit for you by removing the biggest pops and clicks from the audio file and sent the files back to you via mail

tino

[US PHONO]

Oh my goodness!!
I'm 13 and I only own one Berliner disc that was given to me.

You probably have a 7" Berliner. I remember how excited I was to see my first Berliner!

The 5" ones are earlier & much rarer.

[gramophone78]

Oh my goodness!!
I'm 13 and I only own one Berliner disc that was given to me.

You probably have a 7" Berliner. I remember how excited I was to see my first Berliner!

The 5" ones are earlier & much rarer.

Indeed. In fact, I would say "they" are not just a find of 2014, but the biggest find of the decade. Maybe also the green Melba. I can't decide... .

[US PHONO]

I only found 4 in 2014......but they were screwed together!

[Andreas Gramophones]

It seems that 2014 was a year of great finds, my favorite machine 2014 it was a toy phonograph with steel body and excellent operation, Playola, a friend has ever seen or that?
A hug to everyone.

[edisonplayer]

My BEST find for 2015 is the Gene Greene Pathé that I recently won on EBay edisonplayer

[Phono-Phan]

I was happy to be able to purchase a Johnson C with the oversized horn set-up at the Larry Schlick auction. It came with the instruction card also.

[US PHONO]

I was happy to be able to purchase a Johnson C with the oversized horn set-up at the Larry Schlick auction. It came with the instruction card also.

Congratulations, that was a really nice and interesting machine.

[Phono-Phan]

I knew I forgot something...to add a picture. I think the horn isn't correct though. There is too much weight on the reproducer end to be able to play a record. The hunt is on for a longer horn.