Emile Berliners Gramophone for only $18

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From the Pittsburgh Post, August 11, 1895 on Emile Berliner's new Gramophone.
You'll want to click twice on the article, once to open it, second time to blow it up to a point where you can read it.

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Also reported that same day in the Philadelphia Times (Sunday edition) but with engravings

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Pure genius, went from $18 to $12 in only 6 months!

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great reads! The writing style 130 years ago is quite different. thanks for posting these

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The first article was obviously copy provided to newspapers by Berliner in hopes they'd run it. These articles were probably prepared in anticipation of the upcoming formation of the Berliner Gramophone Company in October 1895.

It's interesting that the articles mention the sales of "...a smaller edition for the use of children..." for $5. These may have been leftover Kammer & Reinhardt machines or perhaps the machine pictured and described in the December 2021 issue of the APS magazine:

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It's also interesting that double-sided records were publicly envisioned in these articles.

Thanks for posting!

George P.