Has anyone ever seen one of these?

YouTube · Post by **JohnM** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 7:48 am

Anyone ever seen one of these, and what was it for?

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/clt/2758563929.html

1923VictorFan · Post by **1923VictorFan** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 8:07 am

WOW! How strange. I guess the combination of being a coin operated cylinder machine it would have to be for people at a fair or something to record themselves for fun? The construction however doesn't look to be all that old. Is that a 6 inch cylinder?

YouTube · Post by **JohnM** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 8:41 am

Well, essentially it is just a 1940's Edisphone transcriber (listen-only). The standard format for office dictation equipment was a 6" long shaveable cylinder of 150tpi, so that is not unusual. What is unusual is the fact that it has been converted to coin operation since it is only capable of playing dictation format cylinders.

gramophoneshane · Post by **gramophoneshane** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 8:55 am

That is weird. I wonder what's on the cylinder?
Maybe it was in a pub with dirty ditties or something on it, and patrons could pay a dime to hear them

YouTube · Post by **JohnM** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 9:22 am

gramophoneshane wrote:That is weird. I wonder what's on the cylinder?
Maybe it was in a pub with dirty ditties or something on it, and patrons could pay a dime to hear them

You're right . . . what's on the cylinder is probably key to this mystery!

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