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I am selling as nice a Columbia BF as I've seen in any collection. It's a two minute player and the finish, nickeling, paint, and decorations are outstanding, It has a powerful multi-spring motor and the mechanism does not have pot metal. If you are a condition collector, this BF is worthy of your consideration. I am happy to deliver to Union or APS at not cost. Please PM with any questions or interest. The price is $775. Thanks, Jerry Blais

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Very nice Jerry!!!! I have to agree that the condition is stunning. I would think this one should sell fast.
Ken

That's one pretty Phonograph Jerry. At first glance I thought it was a US Opera. The bottom cabinet has the same shape.
This one wasn't mine but it was the same.

Stunning Graphophone Jerry! Once again just the wrong time for me.

Good luck with the sale!

Best,
Fran

fran604g wrote:Stunning Graphophone Jerry! Once again just the wrong time for me.

Good luck with the sale!

Best,
Fran

Jerry,
I thought that one of the most unique characteristics of the machine may not have been discussed , In 1906 - to compete with disc records - Columbia decided to increase the content of conventional 2-minute cylinders to 3 minutes by adding 50% more length to it (4-minute Amberol celluloid cylinders were not available until 1909). The 6" long cylinder is called the "Twentieth Century" format. Two players of the new B-series of graphophones, the BG and BF, were equipped with 6" cylinder mandrels, and - as all B models with the new Lyric 2-minute reproducer, that replaced the old floating reproducer.I am surprised that it is still for sale , the condition is superb!
Eric

ehs004 wrote: Jerry,
I thought that one of the most unique characteristics of the machine may not have been discussed , In 1906 - to compete with disc records - Columbia decided to increase the content of conventional 2-minute cylinders to 3 minutes by adding 50% more length to it (4-minute Amberol celluloid cylinders were not available until 1909). The 6" long cylinder is called the "Twentieth Century" format. Two players of the new B-series of graphophones, the BG and BF, were equipped with 6" cylinder mandrels, and - as all B models with the new Lyric 2-minute reproducer, that replaced the old floating reproducer.I am surprised that it is still for sale , the condition is superb!
Eric

Just for the sake of accuracy (and my OCD ), the BC Graphophone was the first of the B-series machines equipped with a 6" mandrel, and introduced in April 1905. (The BC also employed a Higham reproducer.) The BF and BG were announced in September 1905 (along with the BE with a conventional 4" mandrel).

Finally, Edison 4-minute Amberol records were available in October 1908.

The BF offered in this thread is indeed a beauty, and with harder-to-find late decals.

George P.

And let's not forget the other 6" machine in the B series: the BO.

TinfoilPhono wrote:And let's not forget the other 6" machine in the B series: the BO.

Right! That's probably the hardest one to find.

George P.

phonogfp wrote:

TinfoilPhono wrote:And let's not forget the other 6" machine in the B series: the BO.

Right! That's probably the hardest one to find.

George P.

And, lest we forget, the BM.

Bill