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Columbia 6" Cylinder Records
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 8:24 pm
by Phonofreak
Does anyone know if Columbia or any other manufacturer ever made 6" Indestructible cylinders? Is anybody making any replicas of these cylinders in resin or a material similar?
Harvey Kravitz
Re: Columbia 6" Cylinder Records
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 10:11 pm
by Curt A
Re: Columbia 6" Cylinder Records
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 12:36 am
by Jerry B.
So 6" indestructibles available from Vulcan? Jerry
Re: Columbia 6" Cylinder Records
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 12:09 pm
by Phototone
The link above does go to a Vulcan page offering a 6" cylinder.
Re: Columbia 6" Cylinder Records
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 3:45 pm
by NEFaurora
Yes, Duncan at Vulcan records does as stated above.
See website below:
http://phonographcylinders.com/

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Tony K.
Re: Columbia 6" Cylinder Records
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 5:10 pm
by edisonphonoworks
One title. If someone has a 6" machine with a recorder I can furnish blanks.
Re: Columbia 6" Cylinder Records
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 6:13 pm
by Tpapp54321
I think I remember there being a thread on the forum about lambert making red indistructable 6 inch records, I think they are called lambert Imperial 6 inch records if you look it up on google images theres a couple pictures. Hope this helps.
-Tom
Re: Columbia 6" Cylinder Records
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 2:56 am
by Lucius1958
edisonphonoworks wrote:One title. If someone has a 6" machine with a recorder I can furnish blanks.
Now, if I could find a recorder for the BF (if I ever get the mainsprings back)...
Bill
Re: Columbia 6" Cylinder Records
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 4:26 am
by RefSeries
The British Lambert company produced six inch indestructible cylinders using the Imperial label from August 1905. 'Lambertphone' Phonographs were also sold, made by Excelsior in Germany, capable of playing the longer cylinders. The project was not a marketing success, and Imperials disappeared from the market by November 1905 and Lambert failed by the end of the year.
The very first cylinders were red celluloid, but this was changed to black very quickly. The manufactures was basically the same as the standard sized records, with an open ended cylinder over a fibre core. These records suffer from shrinkage, and many tend to have slipped off the core a bit. They are prone to stress cracks nowadays, and must be treated with great care.
I have tried to upload some pictures from Photobucket but for some reason am unable to do so. They can be found at the addresses below.
Hope this helps
Keith
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/c ... 1414859190
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/c ... 1414859269
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/c ... 1414859310
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/c ... 100e7c.jpg