Vintage - Edison Phonograph - Diamond Disk - Model H19

Vintage - Edison Phonograph - Diamond Disk - Model H19

This is a beautiful piece! We are offering this Vintage 1919 Edison Phonograph which plays Diamond Disk "records". This piece has been wonderfully restored with polished brass mechanisms and wonderful wood cabinet. Measures 41 1/2" tall, 20" wide and 17 1/2" deep. This piece plays wonderfully! We had it cranked and playing one of its albums in the store and it sounded like we were on an episode of Boardwalk Empire! Comes with 6 albums. Cylinders peaked in popularity around 1905. After this, discs and disc players, most notably the Victrolas, began to dominate the market. Columbia Records, and Edison competitor, had stopped marketing cylinders in 1912. The Edison Company had been fully devoted to cylinder phonographs, but, concerned with discs' rising popularity, Edison associates began developing their own disc player and discs in secret. Dr. Jonas Aylsworth, chief chemist for Edison, and later after his retirement in 1903, a consultant for the company, took charge of developing a plastic material for the discs. The aim was to produce a superior-sounding disc that would outperform the rivals' shellac records, which were prone to wear and warping. Another difference from competitors' discs was that the vertical-cut method was to be used for the grooves. In this manner, the stylus would bob up and down in the groove, rather than from side to side or laterally. Ten-inch records would run for 5 minutes per side at approximately 80 r.p.m.

Item ID: 3700

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