Columbia "Symphony Grand"
Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2024 6:46 am
“On This Day in the History of Recorded Sound…”
June 7, 1907: Walter Eckhardt filed for a U.S. patent for a “Cabinet for Talking Machines.” This would become Columbia’s first internal-horn machine (thereafter called a Grafonola), the “Symphony Grand.” Although this first Grafonola was in the style of an upright piano, Columbia pioneered the disguising of talking machines as tables and pianos.
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June 7, 1907: Walter Eckhardt filed for a U.S. patent for a “Cabinet for Talking Machines.” This would become Columbia’s first internal-horn machine (thereafter called a Grafonola), the “Symphony Grand.” Although this first Grafonola was in the style of an upright piano, Columbia pioneered the disguising of talking machines as tables and pianos.
#antiquephonographsociety #phonograph #gramophone #antique
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