FBM -- Vitaphone -- Most Unusual
Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2024 8:06 pm
Here is an oddity. It is probably a Canadian-made Vitaphone given its location in rural British Columbia.
https://www.facebook.com/share/fTi4g921PWke1hrB/
Sadly there is only one picture, and this does not show the most interesting parts of the machine.
It is a horn on top machine. The horn engages with a stationary reproducer, and there is a moving wooden tone arm that stimulates the diaphragm.
The workings of a table-top model are shown in this video:
https://youtu.be/mdZTptImR_M?si=blqeRspIFzwhYN6F
Sadly there is only one picture, and this does not show the most interesting parts of the machine.
It is a horn on top machine. The horn engages with a stationary reproducer, and there is a moving wooden tone arm that stimulates the diaphragm.
The workings of a table-top model are shown in this video:
https://youtu.be/mdZTptImR_M?si=blqeRspIFzwhYN6F