phonograph
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact5045
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV987.10.1
- Description
- Cabinet style cylinder record player, "Ambrola" Model 75, circa 1914. Grillwork panel, 3 drawers and crank handle. The drawers contain cylinder records.
- Object History
- "Ambrola" is a reference to a type of plastic called Blue Amberol that was used to make cylinder records.
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phonograph
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact79897
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- X3035
- Description
- Hand cranked Edison "Triumph" Phonograph that plays cylinder records. The player comes with the sound horn and separate stand, along with additional Model-H 4 minute reproducer and a Model-C reproducer (attached to the player). The serial number on the machine is "32372".
- Object History
- Edison “Triumph” cylinder player. Edison began manufacturing phonographs for the home market in c. 1896. Edison introduced the “Blue Amberol cylinder c 1913 as an attempt to compete with the dominant disk record on the market. Edison had started to manufacture disk records in 1913 but continued to produce Amberol cylinders until 1929 when Edison stopped making both cylinder and disk records. These Triumph machines were designed to play the “4 minute cylinders which were the same playing time as disk records.
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Province Made
- New Jersey
- Site/City Made
- Orange
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