Phonographs

“Lioret model C” phonograph with sound box

    “Lioret model C” phonograph with sound box

    France, Paris

    Circa 1900

    Henri Lioret

    Steel, brass, aluminum, wood, leather, ebonite, velvet; mechanical work, stamping, varnishing, nickel-plating, pasting

    15.5 x 30 x 20 cm, case: 14 x 27 x 17.5 cm

    Inscriptions on the oval plate: “PHONOGRAPHE LIORET/BTE SGDG PATENT/PARIS” and brand logos shaped as a small shield containing the letters “HL” and a musical note between them, positioned in the center of larger shield and surrounded by the words “PHONOGRAPHE LIORET/MARQUE DÉPOSÉE”. Serial number “1688” and a mark shaped as two crossed swords are on the movement plate

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    The phonograph is designed to reproduce sound recorded on standard wax phonograph cylinders. The main assemblies of the phonograph are mounted on a nickel-plated metal top plate, which is screwed to a flat wooden base. The parts of the spring-driven motor, complete with a centrifugal governor, are assembled between two vertical, shaped frame plates.

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