I am SO excited. My second phonograph ever is an Edison standard, a family memeber got it for me. Here are the pictures
I have a reproducer and horn coming!!
Tell me your thoughts! It was purchased for $230
My FIRST CYLINDER MACHINE!!!!
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Re: My FIRST CYLINDER MACHINE!!!!
Congratulations! It looks like a very clean Model B Standard from around 1906. It should do a fine job playing two minute cylinders.
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Did you order a "Model C" reproducer? Also, you do know that this will only play Edison black wax 2M cylinders or 2M celluloid indestructible cylinders - not 4M Edison Blue Amberols... right?
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
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Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
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$230? You got a good deal my dude. I paid $300 for mine. Did you know if yours has a bad belt you can use a O-ring from for a GE water filter? Worked with mine and it plays perfectly.
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Nice! I still haven't bought my first cylinder machine yet, but am looking forward to one day being able to play my first cylinder.
Congrats.
Congrats.
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Congratulations! I share your enthusiasm. When I was first collecting, I found cylinder machines to be very elusive "in the wild" and when I did find them, they were too expensive or more seasoned collectors snapped them up.
Enjoy! They're out there but still a little tough to find unless you attend a show or are at the right place at the right time... Or, maybe I was just looking in the wrong places back in those early years
Enjoy! They're out there but still a little tough to find unless you attend a show or are at the right place at the right time... Or, maybe I was just looking in the wrong places back in those early years

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Not where I’m from. I have no trouble finding Edison cylinder machines here but Columbia yes. Now a open horn Victor or Columbia disc machine in the wild that’s elusive! The only Columbia machines I’ve found out in the wild here are Grafonolas. I want one but i don’t have the room at the moment.Granby wrote:Congratulations! I share your enthusiasm. When I was first collecting, I found cylinder machines to be very elusive "in the wild" and when I did find them, they were too expensive or more seasoned collectors snapped them up.lol:
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A forum member is sending me a model c for my machine, and I bought a horn today. I don’t yet plan to dive fully into cylinder stuff, as I don’t have much money...(tho I would like to find at least one cylinder for cheappppp)
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People here are quite generous.PeanutTheRabbit wrote:A forum member is sending me a model c for my machine, and I bought a horn today. I don’t yet plan to dive fully into cylinder stuff, as I don’t have much money...(tho I would like to find at least one cylinder for cheappppp)

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Congratulations, that’s great!