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EDISON HOME PHONOGRAPH
Elegant is how it looks -- but spectacular is the way it sounds! The Edison Cygnet horn was acoustically well-designed to produce loud, clear, bright music. Plus, it is space-economic, requiring no extra room to display, while giving acoustically amazing results. The original Cygnet horn ("swan's neck" from the Latin cycnus, cygnus, from Greek kyknos, "swan") has been carefully and artistically repainted and gilt striped.
This instrument was originally sold around 1907. A couple years later, the owner decided to "update" his machine by adding all the new features that were being introduced at the time -- it was a period when technology was developing quickly. This was near the end of the life cycle of the Edison external horn cylinder Phonograph. Having begun in around 1890, the Phonograph was about to undergo big changes as the second decade of the 20th Century dawned. This instrument was equipped to play either the older "2-minute" cylinder records, or the brand new "4-minute" records. Furthermore, the elegant and graceful Cygnet horn, delicately suspended ABOVE the mechanical works, was also added.
The Home Phonograph sports smart gold decoration, entirely original and in excellent condition. At phonophan we are obsessed with making these ancient instruments as perfect and trouble-free as possible.
With the lid in place, to keep off dust -- but the horn may be left in place for convenience.
Own the elegant and refined Cygnet horn and invest in the best. This instrument will delight you with years of music and enjoyment. It is of the highest quality, correctly cleaned and adjusted, ready to set up and enrich your leisure hours. Do not mistake our merchandise for the shabby, poorly regulated claptrap found elsewhere on the Web. NOBODY else has our 40 years of expertise, with 8 books in print on the history of recorded sound to prove it!
Price: $1450.00 US, equipped to play 2-minute records (Model C reproducer), including one record, plus shipping and handling. (NY State residents must pay sales tax, if applicable.)
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Price: $1495.00 US, equipped to play 4-minute Amberol records (Model H reproducer), including one record, plus shipping and handling. (NY State residents must pay sales tax, if applicable.)
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Price: $1650.00 US, equipped to play EITHER 2 OR 4-minute records (including a Model K -- dual styli -- reproducer), including two records, plus shipping and handling. (NY State residents must pay sales tax, if applicable.)
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Henrietta, NY 14467 USA