![[The Talking Machine Forum - For All Antique Phonographs & Recordings]](/styles/we_universal/theme/images/the_talking_machine_forum.png)
Edison Cylinder Machine
-
JerryVan
- Victor Monarch Special
- Posts: 6380
- Joined: Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:08 pm
- Location: Southeast MI
Re: Edison Cylinder Machine
Is there a plan to get it here, from Japan?
-
Lucius1958
- Victor Monarch
- Posts: 4021
- Joined: Tue Dec 14, 2010 12:17 am
- Location: Where there's "hamburger ALL OVER the highway"...
Re: Edison Cylinder Machine
Besides, as in the photo above, there is a separate compartment inside, where the drawer was on the earliest models.
- Bill
- Bill
-
Curt A
- Victor Monarch Special
- Posts: 6809
- Joined: Fri Jul 09, 2010 8:32 pm
- Personal Text: Needle Tins are Addictive
- Location: Belmont, North Carolina
Re: Edison Cylinder Machine
Please don't ship it... hand carry on the plane.
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
-
JerryVan
- Victor Monarch Special
- Posts: 6380
- Joined: Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:08 pm
- Location: Southeast MI
Re: Edison Cylinder Machine
Curt's reason for stating this is because the flat plate that the phonograph upper works, and also the very heavy motor, is mounted to, is very prone to breakage in shipment. It's made of cast iron and is brittle.
- Screenshot 2025-04-19 092544.png (327.02 KiB) Viewed 836 times
-
KCW
- Victor II
- Posts: 449
- Joined: Fri Mar 23, 2018 7:04 pm
Re: Edison Cylinder Machine
There are some VERY nice Edison Concert cylinders for sale on eBay right now. They’re not cheap, bidding starts at 150$, but they are very nice. Always really risky to ship. I’ve bought Concert cylinders that sadly arrive in pieces.
This thread made me check the Vulcan site. I’ve got their Stars and Stripes Concert cylinder, which is great. They’re usually sold out but when I checked last night that did have a few of their Concert cylinders for sale. I went ahead and bought another one, and with shipping it was about 161$.
This thread made me check the Vulcan site. I’ve got their Stars and Stripes Concert cylinder, which is great. They’re usually sold out but when I checked last night that did have a few of their Concert cylinders for sale. I went ahead and bought another one, and with shipping it was about 161$.
-
m_nakamura
- Victor O
- Posts: 84
- Joined: Wed Feb 12, 2025 6:59 pm
- Personal Text: Millie Toshio Nakamura
- Location: Saginaw, Michigan
- Contact:
Re: Edison Cylinder Machine
Okay!! I'll ask my aunt to bring it with her in her bag. Her flight back is in May.
I'm learning that shipping a lot of these things is not the best idea.
I'm learning that shipping a lot of these things is not the best idea.
Spread kindness! 
-
paradroid1793
- Victor II
- Posts: 217
- Joined: Wed Jan 22, 2025 7:37 pm
- Personal Text: "His Master's Voice!"
- Location: Midland, Michigan
- Contact:
Re: Edison Cylinder Machine
Yes. I've had my fair share of items breaking during shipping. Followed by trying to calm myself before sending a message to the seller, who assured my Phonograph was professionally packed. 
https://www.youtube.com/@TheElectrolaArchives
https://sekaphonographcompany.com/
https://www.discogs.com/artist/15771255 ... hison-Seka (more links here!)
Samuel M. Seka
Buying Pre-1905, call +1-989-898-1461
https://sekaphonographcompany.com/
https://www.discogs.com/artist/15771255 ... hison-Seka (more links here!)
Samuel M. Seka
Buying Pre-1905, call +1-989-898-1461
-
Curt A
- Victor Monarch Special
- Posts: 6809
- Joined: Fri Jul 09, 2010 8:32 pm
- Personal Text: Needle Tins are Addictive
- Location: Belmont, North Carolina
Re: Edison Cylinder Machine
Carry on bag only - not checked luggage (it gets carelessly thrown around)...m_nakamura wrote: Sat Apr 19, 2025 11:39 am Okay!! I'll ask my aunt to bring it with her in her bag. Her flight back is in May.
I'm learning that shipping a lot of these things is not the best idea.
I brought pottery home from France, well packed in checked luggage and most arrived broken...
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
-
m_nakamura
- Victor O
- Posts: 84
- Joined: Wed Feb 12, 2025 6:59 pm
- Personal Text: Millie Toshio Nakamura
- Location: Saginaw, Michigan
- Contact:
-
Pete Stratford
- Victor II
- Posts: 234
- Joined: Wed Sep 20, 2017 4:12 pm
Re: Edison Cylinder Machine
There is no way you can fit an Edison Concert Phonograph in a carry on travel case. They are a beast of a machine and even without the lid weight almost 60 lbs or 27 KG. Which is double the allowable carry in weight.