Name: | Player-Tone Talking Machine Co.; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) |
Abbreviation: | playertone |
Products: | Model types |
Summary: |
The Player-Tone Talking Machine Company was founded in September 1919 at 967 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA. |
Founded: | 1919 |
Production: | 1919 - |
History: |
Information by Michael Koehler: -Location: -Products: The Player-Tone models ranged in price from $95 to $250 (accounting for inflation, those prices are equivalent to ~$1,076 to $2,830) -Company slogans: -Company’s purchase by Sig Hahn: -Company fate: |
This manufacturer was suggested by Alan Larsen.
Country | Year | Name | 1st Tube | Notes |
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USA | 24 | Player-Tone Type 14 talking machine | See also ads from 1919 for a very similar Player-Tone". Specifications: Phonog... | |
USA | 19 | Player-Tone talking machine | See ads from 1919 and later the very similar Player-Tone Type 14 phonograph. | |
USA | 28/29 | Saxophonic Consolette | Phonograph cabinet made by Player-Tone at 961 Liberty Ave. (According to a letter, sign... | |
USA | 26 | 110 |
Further details for this manufacturer by the members (rmfiorg):
(The Pittsburgh Press/Page 1/ December 11, 1930)
The fire which broke out on the morning of December 11, 1930 in the Player-Tone & United Furniture Company warehouse and caused $15,000 in damage.
Caption reads “Here are firemen clambering up extension ladders six floors to get at the fire which broke out this morning in warehouse No. 49 of the huge Pittsburgh Terminal Warehouse Buildings extending along Terminal Way from Carson Street. The fire was confined to the floor occupied by Player-Tone Talking Machine Company and United Furniture Company. The damage was estimated by Fire Chief Smith at $15,000. One fireman was overcome. Traffic over the Smithfield Street Bridge and in Carson Street was tied up.”
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Ernst Erb
11.Feb.13 |
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