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“On This Day in the History of Recorded Sound…”

October 13, 1896: Thomas H. Macdonald was granted a U.S. patent (No.569,290) for a “Graphophone.” This device had already become the Type N Graphophone, the first popularly-priced ($40.00) talking machine. Appearing in September 1895, the Type N was the first practical talking machine to successfully challenge Edison’s Class M Phonograph.

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My friend Arthur Pare had one.It has the ear tubes like the one in the photo.He bought his N in 1956 at an antique store for $3.It came with a case of brown cylinders, some of which were announced,"Made for the Columbia Phonograph Company of Washington DC". edisonplayer.

edisonplayer wrote: Mon Oct 13, 2025 8:15 am My friend Arthur Pare had one.It has the ear tubes like the one in the photo.He bought his N in 1956 at an antique store for $3.It came with a case of brown cylinders, some of which were announced,"Made for the Columbia Phonograph Company of Washington DC". edisonplayer.

Interesting. What became of it?

He sold it when he gave up his apartment to care for his parents.And,he auctioned off the cylinders,one of which was "The King's Song"by Edward M.Favor.edisonplayer

There is one listed on: 4-4time.com if interested