Coin Operated Phonograph Bijou

Edison, Thomas A., North American Phonograph / National Phonograph; Orange, NJ

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  • Year
  • 1901 ?
  • Category
  • Talking machine - Mechanical Gramophone/Phonograph 
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 354374

 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: Coin Operated Phonograph Bijou - Edison, Thomas A., North
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, with any shape - general.
  • Notes

  • Coin-operated cylinder phonograph, circa 1900. Already at the end of the last century there were several versions that worked with the introduction of a coin, which however did not allow, like modern jukeboxes, a choice between recordings. The phonograph shown here is the Edison Bijou model.

    Reiss lists this as manufactured from 1901-1908 and very rare with an estimated value of $12,000 USD (2007).

    Fonografo a cilindro a gettone, 1900 circa. Già alla fine del secolo scorso esistevano diverse versioni funzionanti con l'introduzione di una moneta, che tuttavia non permettevano, come i moderni juke-box, una scelta fra le registrazioni. Il fonografo qui rappresentato è il modello Bijou della Edison. 

    Reiss lo elenca come prodotto dal 1901-1908 e molto raro con un valore stimato di $ 12.000 USD (2007).

     

  • Mentioned in
  • -- Original-techn. papers. (“Fonografi e Grammofoni” by Christofer Proudfoot, Italian edition “Silvana Editoriale” 1980)
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • The Compleat Talking Machine, Eric L. Reiss, 2007 Fifth Ed,. page 228.
  • Author
  • Model page created by Pier Antonio Aluffi. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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