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Unusual early phonograph reproducer
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kirtley2012
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Unusual early phonograph reproducer
Has anyone seen a reproducer like this? Looks almost like a modified standard speaker but I can’t tell, similar setup to a standard speaker with a recording and reproducing stylus on the same bar but the opposite way around, has anyone seen one like it?
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kirtley2012
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Re: Unusual early phonograph reproducer
Mystery solved, not a modification but a very rare device indeed
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VanEpsFan1914
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Re: Unusual early phonograph reproducer
This is so cool Alex-- you can literally turn on record or playback mode by just twisting it.
That'd be sweet installed on that new Home you found!
That'd be sweet installed on that new Home you found!
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Steve Levi
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Re: Unusual early phonograph reproducer
GREAT FIND!!!!! Congratulations!!! S. Levi
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rgordon939
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Re: Unusual early phonograph reproducer
Glad I was able to solve your mystery.
Rich Gordon
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kirtley2012
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I think I would have been left scratching my head for a while otherwise!rgordon939 wrote:Glad I was able to solve your mystery.
Rich Gordon
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Re: Unusual early phonograph reproducer
Here is another Automatic reproducer variation that I never been able to find for sale. A Horsley Automatic made in Bayonne NJ, about 20 miles from me. The company also was involved in the motion picture industry.
Rich Gordon
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Lucius1958
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Re: Unusual early phonograph reproducer
I wonder what advantage this was supposed to have over the Standard Speaker? 
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kirtley2012
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Re: Unusual early phonograph reproducer
I can’t foresee any real advantage, perhaps it was a way to get around patentsLucius1958 wrote:I wonder what advantage this was supposed to have over the Standard Speaker?
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