Graphophone Home Premier (BM)

• alternative name: American Graphophone || Columbia Recording

"Home Premier (BM)" cylinder graphophone, Columbia, 1906. A smaller version of the "Twentieth Century Home Premier" of 1905, the BM has a reproducer with the same friction amplification system, despite being smaller in diameter. The mahogany case is rare in cylinder machines, especially in graphophones, which were almost always made of oak.

Original description from: “Fonografi e Grammofoni” by Christopher Proudfoot, Italian edition “Silvana Editoriale” 1980.

Grafofono a cilindri "Home Premier (BM)", Columbia, 1906. Versione ridotta del "Twentieth Century Home Premier" del 1905, il BM ha un riproduttore con lo stesso sistema di amplificazione d'attrito, pur essendo di diametro più ridotto. La cassa di mogano è rara nelle macchine a cilindro, specialmente nei grafofoni, che erano quasi sempre di quercia.

Descrizione originale da: “Fonografi e Grammofoni” di Christopher Proudfoot. Edizione Italiana Silvana Editoriale, 1980.

Reiss lists this as manufactured from 1906-1910 and cost $75 USD when first introduced. It is fairly rare with an estimated value of $2,800 USD (2007).

Here you find 114 models, 80 with images and 34 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Columbia Phonograph, American / Volta Graphophone Company; USA