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A while back there was a discussion on Graphophone CA's. Can some please point me to it as the search engine rejects "CA" as a search criteria.
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Re: Graphophone CA
Thanks very much for the tip. However I get a ton of returns about "CA" = California, and Graphophone CA returns lots of graphophone related posts, but Graphophone CA, nothing? Maybe I was mistaken.
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Re: Graphophone CA
Exactly. Thanks very much!
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Re: Graphophone CA
The C stood for "Commercial", as these earlier Graphophones with the 6" mandrel were meant primarily as dictation machines.
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Re: Graphophone CA
I'm not sure that's quite accurate. When the Type C was introduced, it joined the Type A ("Columbia"), and the under-development-and-soon-to-be-released Type B ("Eagle"). The Type C was first marketed as the "Universal," and it's adaptability to either exhibition, home entertainment, or commercial use was touted. As talking machine exhibitions became less common around the turn of the 20th century, the emphasis gradually changed to the machine's commercial use.Lucius1958 wrote:The C stood for "Commercial", as these earlier Graphophones with the 6" mandrel were meant primarily as dictation machines.
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The 1903 Columbia catalog still refers to the Type C as the "Universal," but the 1904 catalog calls it the "Commercial."
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Re: Graphophone CA
Thank you.phonogfp wrote:I'm not sure that's quite accurate. When the Type C was introduced, it joined the Type A ("Columbia"), and the under-development-and-soon-to-be-released Type B ("Eagle"). The Type C was first marketed as the "Universal," and it's adaptability to either exhibition, home entertainment, or commercial use was touted. As talking machine exhibitions became less common around the turn of the 20th century, the emphasis gradually changed to the machine's commercial use.Lucius1958 wrote:The C stood for "Commercial", as these earlier Graphophones with the 6" mandrel were meant primarily as dictation machines.
Bill
The 1903 Columbia catalog still refers to the Type C as the "Universal," but the 1904 catalog calls it the "Commercial."
George P.
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Re: Graphophone CA
Thanks for all the info. The advertising page is very helpful. Here a pic of the topworks before cleaning.
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