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Old Cabinet Card with Graphophone
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 10:39 am
by Starkton
Can you identify the graphophone on this cabinet card? Is it a Columbia Type BQ?
Re: Old Cabinet Card with Graphophone
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 11:54 am
by coyote
I'm not sure, but I do recall coming across the full image (including the person seated to the right) recently online, but cannot find it now. I do recall that the caption on the site referred to it as an Edison. I thought "that isn't any Edison, and I wish it wasn't partly obscured by that thing on the table!"
Re: Old Cabinet Card with Graphophone
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 12:09 pm
by FellowCollector
It is definitely a Columbia BQ.
Re: Old Cabinet Card with Graphophone
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 4:58 pm
by gregbogantz
It's hard to tell from that photo because the telltale signs are hidden from view. But it could be a model BO. Note the top-mount carriage which limits it to a model BO or BQ. The BO was fancier with a longer mandrel to play the 6 inch records (also a 3-spring versus 2-spring motor) and a cabinet with rounded corners and oval depressions milled into the sides. The color photo you have looks more like a BKT with the side-mount carriage.