I have been asked to resurrect this catalogue, as the pictures kindly posted by Soundgen in July 2013 have disappeared.
My copy is a 2009 reprint, so the resolution is not as crisp as an original. Here goes......
1929 Columbia Machine Catalogue.
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Re: 1929 Columbia Machine Catalogue.
This is like early Christmas Eve:)
I am all so grateful, thank you a LOT for sharing, Roger:))
I am all so grateful, thank you a LOT for sharing, Roger:))
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Re: 1929 Columbia Machine Catalogue.
With no comprehensive books available on Columbia machines, unlike HMV, this sort of reference is great. Years ago I had the Boudoir Cabinet 123a which I now recall. A good sounding compact machine. With the drop down record door like a smaller version of the cabinet on the HMV 145.
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Re: 1929 Columbia Machine Catalogue.
Very nice! Thanks for sharing.
If you'd like, that would be a fantastic contribution to the Antique Phonograph Society website, here: https://www.antiquephono.org/. Please consider sharing your scans with the Society for posterity. If you're already a member, it's easy to send your scans to contribute to the already immeasurable archives there, and if you're not already a member, please consider joining. The annual dues are less than a dime a day!
Happy Holidays,
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If you'd like, that would be a fantastic contribution to the Antique Phonograph Society website, here: https://www.antiquephono.org/. Please consider sharing your scans with the Society for posterity. If you're already a member, it's easy to send your scans to contribute to the already immeasurable archives there, and if you're not already a member, please consider joining. The annual dues are less than a dime a day!
Happy Holidays,
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Re: 1929 Columbia Machine Catalogue.
Thank you for the suggestion. I am an APS member and will send the scans to add to their archive.
Roger.
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Re: 1929 Columbia Machine Catalogue.
Thank you Roger, that's very nice of you.epigramophone wrote:Thank you for the suggestion. I am an APS member and will send the scans to add to their archive.
Roger.
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Re: 1929 Columbia Machine Catalogue.
Thank you very much for scanning and sharing! I've seen the images concerning the plano-reflex technology elsewhere on the internet before, but never in the context of a full catalogue. Isn't it peculiar that they still had one single external horn model available as late as 1929?
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Re: 1929 Columbia Machine Catalogue.
Yes, I owned the only example I have ever seen, and regret selling it. I took pity on a newbie who had been deceived by a Crapophone and wanted the real thing.Marco Gilardetti wrote:Thank you very much for scanning and sharing! I've seen the images concerning the plano-reflex technology elsewhere on the internet before, but never in the context of a full catalogue. Isn't it peculiar that they still had one single external horn model available as late as 1929?
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Re: 1929 Columbia Machine Catalogue.
Yes I can imagine you're regretting that sale...
Do you remember if also the elbow that supports the horn had a flat plano-reflex surface, or was it a standard elbow? It isn't clear by the drawing.
Do you remember if also the elbow that supports the horn had a flat plano-reflex surface, or was it a standard elbow? It isn't clear by the drawing.