Old newspaper articles about collectors & other phono topics

[AmberolaAndy]

The other two articles on that page look more intriguing to me.

Anyway check out this wrong piece of random facts at the bottom of this page from 1959!

[AmberolaAndy]

A 1940 Ad for the Mickey Rooney film Young Tom Edison. Apparently when you went to see the movie there was a Wilcox-Gay Recordio in the lobby and you could record your own record. A great novelty gimmick for the time!

[AmberolaAndy]

A Historic article about when someone recorded and gave a speech with a phono.

November 9, 1888

[barnettrp21122]

Here's a clipping from The Baltimore Evening Sun, April 12, 1982. I found it in an Edison BC-34 Diamond Disc machine. The machine was somewhat distinctive in that it had the additional factory-installed long play mechanism, the long play reproducer and holder, along with a standard and dance reproducer, all in the correct gun metal finish.
Bob

[AmberolaAndy]

Here's a clipping from The Baltimore Evening Sun, April 12, 1982. I found it in an Edison BC-34 Diamond Disc machine. The machine was somewhat distinctive in that it had the additional factory-installed long play mechanism, the long play reproducer and holder, along with a standard and dance reproducer, all in the correct gun metal finish.
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Always good to see other members contribute to my thread. Please don’t be shy folks! Add your own newspaper articles you have clipped over the years!

[AmberolaAndy]

Nice large article about phono history.
September 20, 1959

[GlensterTX]

Wow, I miss Gil Louey! He helped me immensely while doing research on NML and Grey Gull, thanks to the huge stacks he had. I miss his diatribes about “them Hal-o-ween-ers” who were a pest every Halloween. I and a number of friends did our best to help and console him when his mother passed away. I’ve known more than a few of the big-name collectors and Gil was the nicest!

[AmberolaAndy]

Newspaper ad depicting an amberola 30 as the Edison “Chalet” model Diamond Disc machine.

[AmberolaAndy]

Missouri Collector: December 4, 1980

Another example of people thinking a patent date is when an item was sold, I think that William and Mary console was only sold at that time maybe 57 years earlier? I know I’m being overly critical because there wasn’t much info in an instant in 1980 as there is today.

[AllenKoe]

A advertisement for a “gramiphone concert” the technology was so new back then they weren’t sure how to spell it!

March 12, 1897

In March 1897, that Berliner (or "Berlinger") would have been either lever-wound or hand-driven!

George P.

I’ve always wondered how the lever wound motor worked.

Connecticut collector

August 3, 1973

Hi Conn Coll,

You will be glad to know that the operation of this interesting Gramophone was patented (2/8/1898) and is described in PHP. I will give you a hint - the inventor's first name was Levi. The ratchet design was used in both wood cabinets and (round) metal cannisters (1896-1897). As a result, it pre-dates the more famous Trademark Model of Eldridge Johnson. It was the first commercially-produced spring-operated disc player. They do appear in early ads as early as Dec 1896 (Xmas season).
Allen