First Available Mechanical-Feed Disc Machine

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“On This Day in the History of Recorded Sound…”

September 1, 1908: Edward F. Leeds and George Rumpf were granted a U.S. Patent (#No.897,836) for a disc talking machine whose sound box remained stationary while the turntable traversed beneath it. Designed to avoid infringement of Berliner’s U.S. Patent that controlled any talking machine whose needle/stylus was propelled by a record’s groove, the machine was briefly marketed as an Aretino in 1908/09, and bears the distinction of being the first true mechanical feed disc talking machine known to have reached the marketplace.

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[AmberolaAndy]

Will a Aretino soundbox fit on a Busy Bee machine by any chance?

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As long as it's the Hawthorne & Sheble product, it will fit.

George P.