• Country
• United States of America (USA)

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

• Year
• 1905–1908

• Category
• Talking machine - Mechanical Gramophone/Phonograph 

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 129849

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Wave bands
• - without

• Power type and voltage
• Solar- and/or muscle driven, also addl. power jack possible

• Loudspeaker
• Horn

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Phonograph GEM B - Edison, Thomas A., North

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Notes

• 2 min. cylinder playing instrument. Fixed handle (crank). Wooden base and case.

  Edison Gem Model B Phonograph. Built in 1905, it is the smallest and cheapest cylinder phonograph produced by Edison. It has an original octagonal horn directly connected to the player. It is one of the few phonographs with which it was not possible to record cylinders.

  Reiss lists this as manufactured from 1905-1908 and cost $10 USD when first introduced. It is common with an estimated value of $550 USD (2007).

• Price in first year of sale
• 10.00 USD

• Mentioned in
• Brian Jewell: Veteran Talking Machines.

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original prospect or advert ("I Grammofoni" Italy from Nino Ciravegna and Fermo Galbiati†, Edicart editor)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• The Compleat Talking Machine, Eric L. Reiss, 2007 Fifth Ed., page 133 (photo) and page 227.

• Author
• Model page created by Konrad Birkner † 12.08.2014. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 89 models, 71 with images and 36 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Edison, Thomas A., North American Phonograph / National Phonograph; Orange, NJ