The Machinist's Phonograph

This time-tripping player handles all cylinder record formats.

From the column DIY: Music

By Royston Maybery

Photos by Royston Maybery

To see videos of the Machinist’s Phonograph in action, and to hear cylinder music dating from 1898 to 1917, check out my website: http://home.cogeco.ca/~krmaybery/The%20Machinist1.htm

Further information on phonographs and cylinder recordings can be found from various sources: The Phonograph Makers pages is a good internet source to start with. There are also collectors clubs and societies. The California Antique Phonograph Society, The Canadian Antique Phonograph Society, to name but two from a multitude. There are also music archives such as: The University of California Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project ,Trevor Hill’s Cylinders on the Web and Tinfoil.com


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