• Year
  • 1908–1917
  • Category
  • Talking machine - Mechanical Gramophone/Phonograph 
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 271878

 Technical Specifications

  • Wave bands
  • - without
  • Details
  • Jukebox-Coin operated Phonograph
  • Power type and voltage
  • No Power needed
  • Loudspeaker
  • Horn
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 12 Cylinder player C-8896 - Autophone Manufacturing Co.;
  • Shape
  • Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 570 x 1180 x 520 mm / 22.4 x 46.5 x 20.5 inch
  • Notes
  • This machine was designed to play twelve cylinder records automatically in sequence. On the average, a record would play for slightly over four minutes, enabling the machine to produce music unattended for almost one hour. 

    The 'horn' where the music comes out is in the lower centre of the cabinet.

  • Mentioned in
  • Cabinet of Curiosities, 1982, p. 22 with illustration
  • Author
  • Model page created by Heribert Jung. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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