Phonograph Amberola I (A) console

Edison, Thomas A., North American Phonograph / National Phonograph; Orange, NJ

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  • Year
  • 1910
  • Category
  • Talking machine - Mechanical Gramophone/Phonograph 
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 130182

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 Technical Specifications

  • Wave bands
  • - without
  • Details
  • Other Recorder/Player
  • Power type and voltage
  • Solar- and/or muscle driven, also addl. power jack possible
  • Loudspeaker
  • Horn
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Phonograph Amberola I [console] - Edison, Thomas A., North
  • Shape
  • Console with any shape - in general
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 21 x 42 x 22 inch / 533 x 1067 x 559 mm
  • Notes

  • Phonograph playing 4 min. and 2 min. cylinder, mechanical movement. Internal horn. Price for Oak or Mahogany version. Circassian Walnut $ 250.

    Amberola I phonograph, Edison 1910. Introduced in 1909, the Amberola I was Edison's answer to the Victrola. It was equipped with a transverse spindle, which moved under the fixed reproducer. The first examples, like the one in my photo showing the cylinder compartment, played both two- and four-minute cylinders, but from 1911 only the four-minute Opera model engine was used. The base plate and top are normally finished in brown and reddish enamel. [1]

    [1] Caption of the model description.

     

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 200.00 $
  • Mentioned in
  • 1910 Edison Catalogue
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • -- Original-techn. papers. (Fonografi e Grammofoni, by Christopher Proudfoot, Italian editor Silvana Editoriale)

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