Graphophone Bijou N

Columbia Phonograph, American / Volta Graphophone Company; USA

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  • Year
  • 1896
  • Category
  • Talking machine - Mechanical Gramophone/Phonograph 
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 349415
    • alternative name: American Graphophone || Columbia Recording

 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: Graphophone Bijou N - Columbia Phonograph, American
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, with any shape - general.
  • Notes

  • Device for playing cylinders. One of the first with a spring motor made using the Tainter and Bell patents.

    Reiss lists this as manufactured from 1895-1896 and cost $40 USD when first introduced.

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 40.00 USD
  • Mentioned in
  • -- Original prospect or advert (“Fonografi e Grammofoni” Marco Contini, BE-MA editor, Italy, Milan 1987.)
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • The Compleat Talking Machine, Eric L. Reiss, 2007 Fifth Ed,. page 138 (photo) and 229.
  • Author
  • Model page created by Pier Antonio Aluffi. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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