It's amazing these cylinders lasted 100 years in an attic. I can't imagine how a wax cylinder reacts to hot/cold cycles over 100 year period (nearly 120 now).
@EdisonSquirrel Hi Rocky, I did check out all of the titles in the box and there are a mix of different types - just as a good salesman might have included so as to please a variety of potential customers.
@SwingMan1937 Thanks so much for the wonderful comments SwingMan! The only thing I have done to this machine since first opening it all those years ago is put a little 3 in 1 oil on the governor. I didn't even wipe the machine off. I decided to keep it just as I found it that day. Thanks again for stopping in.
@kirtley2010 Thanks for your nice comments. I really do appreciate comments like yours. I'm sure that you will find a nice cylinder phonograph when the time is right. They're a lot of fun and you can buy cylinders as you find them.
@DeLorean4 Ha....Excellent observations and comments. I totally agree with you. Seems we are in an era of planned obsolescence and planned future disuse. Sure makes one appreciate these ancient machines that are still working today.
By some awkward coincidence today : - I was looking through the 1897 Sears catalogue and spotted this very graphophone - I took out the recyclable bits of two CD players and threw them out in the recycle bin because they stopped working over a period of only 10 years. They don't make them like they used to.
This is an incredible find, it's probably worth thousands cause of the box and condition. I'm gonna guess this was the cheapest model Columbia had at the time, judging by the cheap looking reproducer and horn, combined with the bad flutter, although some of that is probably age.
@Westtoledoguy Thanks for the great comments! It's so interesting for me to imagine the original owner of this outfit going from place to place to demonstrate the machine as I did here.
@jednpep I was very excited indeed to see what was inside this box. And, to find that it was complete was a real bonus too. Thanks for the nice comments.
OMG, those early Columbia boxes are pristine. Assume the records were intact. Seeing that rare machine and those cylinders in the original case must have been a thrill. For 125! Bet its worth many many times that because of the box alone. I have a later version of that Spencer sketch on Edison.
It's amazing these cylinders lasted 100 years in an attic. I can't imagine how a wax cylinder reacts to hot/cold cycles over 100 year period (nearly 120 now).
very cool machine what a great find in an old wooden box
Very instructive, thanks! This was quite a find at that estate sale.
@Turkeydoodlers Thanks for stopping in for a visit. Good to hear that you enjoyed this.
@transformingArt You are most welcome. Thanks for sharing the great comments!
What a great find!! I have one but not with the box, amazing.
Thanks for showing! Made my night!
How exciting it must of been for you to find this!!! I bet your heart was beating a little faster when you found this! What a GREAT item!!
@legOldtimer And thank you for sharing the great comments.
@mayatatyana1 Thank you Maya! I'm pleased to hear that you enjoyed this unusual find.
@Paulodafigaro1 You are very welcome. Thanks for stopping in and for the nice comments.
@amiedetherese It was a lot of fun finding this item that day. I will always remember it. Thanks for the nice comments!
beautiful
What a great find you had - it's very, very interesting. Thanks for posting!
@rordorica Thanks for the great comments! Stop back again soon.
@YTM021807 That's sort of what it felt like for me too! Thanks for the nice comments.
Than a frog with a top hat and cane jumped out and started singing "Hello my honey, hello my baby, hello my rag time gal"...
@EdisonSquirrel Hi Rocky, I did check out all of the titles in the box and there are a mix of different types - just as a good salesman might have included so as to please a variety of potential customers.
@SwingMan1937 Thanks so much for the wonderful comments SwingMan! The only thing I have done to this machine since first opening it all those years ago is put a little 3 in 1 oil on the governor. I didn't even wipe the machine off. I decided to keep it just as I found it that day. Thanks again for stopping in.
Wonderful and historically very interesting.
Thanks for showing us.
@kirtley2010 Thanks for your nice comments. I really do appreciate comments like yours. I'm sure that you will find a nice cylinder phonograph when the time is right. They're a lot of fun and you can buy cylinders as you find them.
@DeLorean4 Ha....Excellent observations and comments. I totally agree with you. Seems we are in an era of planned obsolescence and planned future disuse. Sure makes one appreciate these ancient machines that are still working today.
would love a transcript of what they're saying, cuz I'm clueless x3
By some awkward coincidence today :
- I was looking through the 1897 Sears catalogue and spotted this very graphophone
- I took out the recyclable bits of two CD players and threw them out in the recycle bin because they stopped working over a period of only 10 years. They don't make them like they used to.
This is an incredible find, it's probably worth thousands cause of the box and condition. I'm gonna guess this was the cheapest model Columbia had at the time, judging by the cheap looking reproducer and horn, combined with the bad flutter, although some of that is probably age.
@Westtoledoguy Thanks for the great comments! It's so interesting for me to imagine the original owner of this outfit going from place to place to demonstrate the machine as I did here.
@jednpep I was very excited indeed to see what was inside this box. And, to find that it was complete was a real bonus too. Thanks for the nice comments.
OMG, those early Columbia boxes are pristine. Assume the records were intact. Seeing that rare machine and those cylinders in the original case must have been a thrill. For 125! Bet its worth many many times that because of the box alone. I have a later version of that Spencer sketch on Edison.
Just like entering for the first time to an ancient tomb of an egiptian pharaoh
Very cool. I love the way you open the box with such drama!! I think you should ask a friend to do the camera work so it will free both your hands!
Fascinating little phonograph, Doug. Did you check out the cylinder selections in the box?
Left in a box for a hundred years......
Amazing find, to bad they gave it away lol
@Shelton1967 That's what I like to hear!
What is the serial number on this one
Weary nice MusicBoxBoy. How old is this graphophone?