Toman No. 1 Sound Box with Metal Diaphragm

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Toman No. 1 Sound Box with Metal Diaphragm

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Found this Toman No. 1 sound box with a metal diaphragm, apparently made in Chicago. Is there any info available about this? Date of manufacture, date used, which machines used this, how the heck do you open it, etc?

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Re: Toman No. 1 Sound Box with Metal Diaphragm

Post by estott »

I think this is, like the Orthophonic reproducer, held together with a threaded ring- there are little lugs around the edge of the backside where a tool would have fit. Problem is, this may have hidden cracks that will open up if you disturb anything.

There were Orthophonic clones & were made from the 20's onward.
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