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"The Graphopne wooden folding orchestra chair" https://nashville.craigslist.org/atq/4777150475.html This was the only thing that popped up when I searched Graphophone on Craigslist.
-Nick

It would be interesting to know the back story. Did somebody just stick on a Graphophone decal for the heck of it? Might a dealer have made up such chairs for people to sit in during machine demonstrations? Might Columbia have had such things available for dealers to buy for use in their stors?

Tis a puzzlement!

Clay

It's neat to think that the musical artists would sit in chairs like this during a recording session!

Now, to find an Edison chair...

Fran

Gives a whole new meaning to "musical chairs".

Andreas

In this case, the decal is a reproduction from the 1970s/80s, and compared to what we have today (and certainly compared to an original) pretty poor quality.

George P.

phonogfp wrote:In this case, the decal is a reproduction from the 1970s/80s, and compared to what we have today (and certainly compared to an original) pretty poor quality.

George P.

Ah, well so much for it being a mystery period piece.

Clay

Hmmm, this discussion gets me thinking (I know...that's dangerous ).

I think I might actually have to put Graphophone decals on a couple of old folding chairs I have - for the listening pleasure of my friends.

What a neat idea.

Fran

fran604g wrote:It's neat to think that the musical artists would sit in chairs like this during a recording session!

Now, to find an Edison chair...

Fran

Fran,
I think that the "Edison Chair" goes by the name of "Old Sparky"...

Edison was approached by a man named Harold Brown. The self-taught electrical engineer thought AC was too dangerous to be used in public, and he wanted Edison’s financial resources to help him prove it. Edison resisted at first; as a progressive-minded individual, he was actually opposed to capital punishment. Then he realized that if he could help Brown build an efficient killing machine, he could tar AC as a killer current and wipe out Westinghouse, clearing the way for DC to corner the market.

Edison brought Brown to his laboratories in New Jersey and helped the engineer design and build the first electric chair using alternating current, which New York used to execute a convicted murderer by the name of William Kemmler in 1890.

Curt A wrote:

fran604g wrote:It's neat to think that the musical artists would sit in chairs like this during a recording session!

Now, to find an Edison chair...

Fran

Fran,
I think that the "Edison Chair" goes by the name of "Old Sparky"...

Edison was approached by a man named Harold Brown. The self-taught electrical engineer thought AC was too dangerous to be used in public, and he wanted Edison’s financial resources to help him prove it. Edison resisted at first; as a progressive-minded individual, he was actually opposed to capital punishment. Then he realized that if he could help Brown build an efficient killing machine, he could tar AC as a killer current and wipe out Westinghouse, clearing the way for DC to corner the market.

Edison brought Brown to his laboratories in New Jersey and helped the engineer design and build the first electric chair using alternating current, which New York used to execute a convicted murderer by the name of William Kemmler in 1890.

Well, I won't be using one of those for my guests.

Fran

"Well, I won't be using one of those for my guests."

Fran,
Maybe it depends on who you might be entertaining...