What is this? Edison-Bell?
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- Victor IV
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Yes, it's an Edison Bell. But the dates don't ring true. 1847? I don't think so.....
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yes, its a edison bell gramophone, it was once a nice machine but it has been gutted!, here is a video of a complete one on the antiques roadshow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hlvidw2ZHY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hlvidw2ZHY
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Kirtley, thanks for the great little clip. What a handsome machine and how sad that the other one was molested. Interesting tiny record too. Don't recall seeing one that small.
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1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
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Yes a fine cabinet-pity about the innards" Electron gramophones were produced in the late 1920s, FITTED WITH THE "ELECTROTONE SOUNDBOX". There was also an ELECTRON record-quite a few were made, both 10inch and 12 inch. I have quite a few. Good recordings, and quiet surfaces. Most of the artistes are not top notch folk, but what is available is well done in general. The Electron gramophones were probably designed by Dr Paul Voight-that is the acoustics. He was an Edison Bell recording engineer, and very highly thought of. He patented quite a few inventions, notably the "VOIGHT PULPIT CORNER SPEAKER" in about 1930. Went to Canads, I believe later on.
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ive got one that size, entitled "say it with music" by jack payne, i beleive they are around 3" or 3.5", given away as promotions for the record labelFloridaClay wrote:Kirtley, thanks for the great little clip. What a handsome machine and how sad that the other one was molested. Interesting tiny record too. Don't recall seeing one that small.
Clay
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There are several of these small "Imperial" records. Some are vocal, at least one is by Stan Greening's dance orch. Some are in the old two tone purple colours and the later ones are like the Jack Payne one. Crystalate continued on this venture well into the 1930s. "Rex" records had at laest one by a cinema organist. They occasionally turn up with their original covers. Interesting curios from the past.