Cylinder Phonograph Puck

Edison-Bell Ltd.; London

  • Year
  • 1903 ?
  • Category
  • Talking machine - Mechanical Gramophone/Phonograph 
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 355643

 Technical Specifications

  • Main principle
  • Audio-Amplification
  • Wave bands
  • - without
  • Details
  • Other Recorder/Player
  • Power type and voltage
  • Solar- and/or muscle driven, also addl. power jack possible
  • Loudspeaker
  • Horn
  • Material
  • Metal case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Cylinder Phonograph Puck - Edison-Bell Ltd.; London
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, with any shape - general.
  • Notes
  • Twentieth Century Phonograph for musical cylinders (Puck type), Edison Bell, circa 1903. If you had bought a Puck from Edison Bell in 1903, it would have cost you $12. If you had gone to Waterfield, Clifford & Co., a practically identical machine (sold like all the models of this company, under the "New Century" brand) would have been yours for only 6 dollars. Elsewhere they were even cheaper. The only advantage of the Edison Bell was that if you were dissatisfied with the performance of the machine, you could return it for full price in exchange for a better machine.

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

    Fonografo Twentieth Century per cilindri musicali (tipo Puck), Edison Bell, 1903 circa. Se aveste comprato un Puck dalla Edison Bell nel 1903, Vi sarebbe costato 12 dollari. Se foste andati dalla Waterfield, Clifford & Co., una macchina praticamente identica (venduta come tutti i modelli di questa casa, col marchio «New Century») sarebbe stata Vostra per soli 6 dollari. Altrove erano anche più a buon mercato. Il solo vantaggio della Edison Bell era che, se non foste stati soddisfatti delle prestazioni della macchina, avreste potuto restituirla, ottenendone il prezzo pieno, in cambio parziale per un macchina migliore.

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

  • Mentioned in
  • -- Collector info (Sammler) (From: “Fonografi e Grammofoni” by Christopher Proudfoot, Italian edition “Silvana Editoriale” 1980.)
  • Author
  • Model page created by Pier Antonio Aluffi. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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