Phonograph “Le Rubis No 3”
Phonograph “Le Rubis No 3”
France, Paris
Circa 1902
Soc. des Micro-Phonographes Bettini
Steel, brass, cast iron, tinplate, ebonite, mica; mechanical work, casting, painting, pressing
20 x 19.5 x 15 cm
On the reproducer: “Sté PHONOGRAPHES BETTINI PARIS/BRÉVETÉ S.G.D.G. FRANCE ET ETRANGER”, “REPRODUCTEUR LE PHONET”. On the tension roller bracket: “1875”. On the casing: autograph “G Bettini”, No. 3.
Phonograph is mounted on a cast box-shaped base with a form close to a rectangular parallelepiped with protruding rounded feet. The base is finished in glossy black lacquer and decorated with thin golden pinstripes along the surface contours; the feet are highlighted in gold. The apparatus is fitted with a “Reproducteur le Phonet” type reproducer with a sapphire stylus. The reproducer housing is made of green ebonite. The set includes a reproducer, a winding key, a wax cylinder, and a horn. The music media consists of 2-minute wax cylinders.
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