The next Mechanical Music Extravaganza will be October 11, 2009! The MME is a collectibles show that features antique phonographs, cylinder records, disk records, parts, music boxes, and more. Don't miss it. Please click the "MME" icon above for more information.
At right: The photo studio at The Edison National Historic Site in West Orange, New Jersey. Located on the Third floor of Building Five, the equipment in this studio dates to Edison's time. Currently, Building Five is being restored and brought up to modern fire and safety codes. The ENHS is not yet open to visitors. Photo by author, use courtesy of the ENHS
Left: A photo of a Columbia disc machine taken from a 1905 American Graphophone Company Annual Report. Note the orientation of the reproducer. Above: both sides of a small sales flyer from A. C. Beeken of Chicago, Illinois.