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I won't say I thought I'd seen everything, but I've seen an awful lot; still, when I came across one of these in a box of discs I've had for who-knows-how-long, it was a new experience for me. How often do these turn up? Any idea how many titles they released? And has anyone ever seen one of the company's phonographs?

wow never that label before!

Meditation Thais is a wonderful violin piece.... I wonder if we can find out the record personnel? I doubt it though

How does the record sound?

I have never come across a Princess record. As you can see on the label, it is a jewel ball type vertical cut record.

Wolfe wrote:I have never come across a Princess record. As you can see on the label, it is a jewel ball type vertical cut record.

Where does it say that?

It says "Sapphire Record" under the Princess label .

Sapphire record, Jewel type, Jewel ball, Sapphire record, etc. all basically mean the same thing. They are vertical type records not intended to be played with a steel needle.

Very nice Zenger,

Yes, this is an early, vertical-cut record made in the 1910-1911 period. The company also produced the Princess Grand Opera Record and the Empire Sapphire Record. The company also sold Sonora universal-cut machines (branded as Princess), which were of Swiss manufacture (Paillard). Reference: American Record Companies and Producers (1888-1950), by Allan Sutton, @2018. The Princess machines I'm aware of were similar to the Sonora branded machine shown below.

Sending PM

Hope this helps,
Bob

Wolfe wrote:It says "Sapphire Record" under the Princess label .

Sapphire record, Jewel type, Jewel ball, Sapphire record, etc. all basically mean the same thing. They are vertical type records not intended to be played with a steel needle.

O.K., I'll buy that!