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Can any member tell me if there is a data base for the Graphophone BS.. My machine serial # 162924

Also, approximately when would the last machine have been produced/shipped??

Thanks in advance
Blizz

I have been keeping a database on BS Graphophones for several years. It currently numbers 47 examples.

Answering the question of when the last BS was produced/shipped is difficult for two reasons. 1) the date of manufacture and the shipping date could be years apart. 2) Presumably when the Type B numbering hit 200,000, the numbering of the BS went to a new numbering block, the earliest of which in the database is #505225. The highest number BS in the database is #510366. Based on catalogs, I'd estimate that BS production petered out around 1903.

George P.

Thanks George... PM sent.

blizz