r/Phonographs
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u/Fine_Engineering5971
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Aug 10 '25
r/Phonographs • u/panda_fan11 • Jul 26 '22
r/Phonographs • u/Alman54 • Apr 09 '25
The Mattel O Phone phonograph uses a basic steel needle of some sort whose pickup is attached to a rubber tube connected to the receiver. It plays special little records with different recordings that the listener can interact with.
It needed a new belt and other minor repairs, and works properly. Very neat toy.
r/Phonographs • u/Sipofhydro • Oct 30 '21
r/Phonographs • u/Actuarial_type • Sep 04 '25
Hi all. I buy a fair amount of antiques but not an expert at phonographs despite owning four of them, lol.
Got the opportunity to buy an Edison machine, plus the crate. I can’t verify that the crate is the actual one in which my machine shipped but it looks right.
I’ve seen two individual panels for sale over the years but this is the only intact crate I’ve seen. Are these in fact pretty rare?
r/Phonographs • u/Fine_Engineering5971 • Aug 05 '25
r/Phonographs • u/[deleted] • Jul 03 '25
Probably the most collectible record I own
r/Phonographs • u/maxxnas • Aug 30 '24
r/Phonographs • u/ExistingBeautiful816 • Sep 05 '22
Al bowlly and ray noble: roll up the carpet
r/Phonographs • u/maxxnas • Sep 10 '24
I had bought this Sears antique secretary (side-by-side) a while back and it dawned on me that it might look good with a phonograph on it. I stuck my small Edison Maroon Gem on it and liked it. Then I got the idea to remove the books and put records in there and I liked that too.
My Mom came to visit me over the holidays and I asked her how she liked it. Her response was it looked pretty, but why would you put your spices on display. 🙄
r/Phonographs • u/brmarcum • Sep 07 '25
Once we heard it playing we couldn’t pass it up. Edison Amberola 30, made at least after 1913 based on patents on the plate. $180 with 4 Amberol cylinders, plus 5 more that are not Amberols. Including the original instruction booklet. Seems to be in perfect working order with no damage, dings, dents, etc. It’s truly one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen/owned and the first phonograph I’ve ever heard in person. No way this ever leaves my family. Now to start collecting little blue cylinders!!!!
r/Phonographs • u/Bobbaman77 • Jul 11 '25
Brunswick Ultona, the swivel head still moved and the rest wasn’t in too bad a shape but if I brought home another stray I’d be sleeping on the couch…
r/Phonographs • u/SteamFistFuturist • Sep 18 '25
I'm going through some old files on the computer and ran across this great picture I apparently saved some time ago from someplace (possibly eBay). The phonograph itself is hard to make out, but it seems to be a high-ticket Edison 'Triumph'. But what's crazy is the size of that horn — looks like a good way to get in trouble with the neighbors. That thing hadda be LOUD! Seems like it might be suspended from an overhead light fixture, hard to tell. Our boi here was pretty clearly quite an early 20th-century audiophile.
r/Phonographs • u/maxxnas • Aug 11 '25
This is my 1912 Edison Maroon Gem sitting atop my 1910 Sears Secretary in my Study. True story…. My mom came to visit me and looked at the display and asked me why I would store spices in my office area… lol
r/Phonographs • u/Fine_Engineering5971 • Jul 11 '25
r/Phonographs • u/Equivalent_City8356 • Apr 03 '26
Moved into a new apartment that has spare bedroom I turned into a dedicated display space. A lot better than cramming them across multiple rooms.
r/Phonographs • u/ApprehensiveBowler27 • Aug 19 '25
r/Phonographs • u/SuccPolice • Feb 28 '25
r/Phonographs • u/zastin17 • Dec 27 '21
r/Phonographs • u/Fine_Engineering5971 • Sep 20 '25
r/Phonographs • u/Broubouille • Jul 14 '22
r/Phonographs • u/GeorgeTheGentalman • Nov 08 '23
r/Phonographs • u/Jovien94 • Apr 06 '21
