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September 28, 1920 advertisment for a CATHEDRAL machine. A machine made locally where I'm from!
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Bandmaster was one of many British brands assembled from bought in components :
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An advertisement featuring a G&T/HMV Melba, today one of the most sought after open horn machines in the UK :
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epigramophone wrote: Fri May 23, 2025 1:50 pm Bandmaster was one of many British brands assembled from bought in components :
That model #14 looks really nice.

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Now I know I'm not supposed to talk about politics here...but: August 21, 1896
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Some Joker in 1949 sends in a Graphophone coupon that ran in a much earlier newspaper. :lol: 😂

December 22, 1904 and September 6, 1949
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Radio show playing early recordings live in-studio, May 18, 1967
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So this is the infamous Karl Frick I've hear about from the old timers here? August 24, 1958
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Another article about this Karl Frick guy: August 1, 1954
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AmberolaAndy wrote: Wed Jun 25, 2025 7:54 pm Radio show playing early recordings live in-studio, May 18, 1967
Fred Harrington... the name sounds familiar. Did he move to CT in the '70s? I remember meeting a Harrington who wrote a vintage record column in the local paper; he gave me my first wax cylinders...

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