My "new" Edison model D cylinder phonograph

[Kamakiri]

I admit that I kind of got bored with it. It's one of those things that has a VERY high cool factor, especially as a decorative piece....but it's nothing that I think I'd use that often. My two Victrolas get used a LOT......I use the XI to play records all the time.....the Orthophonic has the cat bed sitting on top of it right by my desk, and that's where my cat sleeps. In fact, she's sleeping there right now.....lol.

[CaryLee]

You probably already know about this site?

http://forum.talkingmachine.info/

Good info there, and some helpful folks on early machines.

We have a 1921 Brunswick floor model, and sometime I feel it's almost "too new" for some of the collectors there. A lot of cylinder machine collectors. Good "buy, sell, and swap" section for parts, too.

[Penthode]

I suppose the boring factor will set in without records. I have bought a lot of Blue Amberols over the years (I have about 800) and so the machine has interest. I use a Diamond B Reproducer with a cygnet horn and the sound quality beats a Victrola of the same period.

Because the cylinder was dying out by 1914, Edison began dubbing cylinders from the diamond discs and the audio quality suffered. Nevertheless, the cylinders made from 1908 thru 1914 sound very good for the period.