Gramophones

Berliner gramophone with sound box, horn, record clamp, and acoustic sphere

    Berliner gramophone with sound box, horn, record clamp, and acoustic sphere

    Germany, Waltershausen

    Circa 1893

    Kämmer & Reinhardt

    Steel, zinc, copper alloys, wood, papier-mâché, paper; mechanical work, turning, casting, varnishing

    32.5 x 44 x 18.5 cm, weight 2.5 kg

    Inscriptions on the plate: “PARKINS & GOTTO/OXFORD ST.W.”. On the sound box casing: “E.BERLINER’S GRAMMOPHON/D.R.P. 45049”. On the diaphragm: list of patents in various countries from 1887 to 1890. On the paper sticker: “6009”

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