Antique Edison Standard Antique Phonograph in perfect working order. USA, 1899

This strikingly beautiful device is an antique phonograph, a real Edison Standard made in the USA in 1899. The phonograph is in excellent condition, with all its original component parts in working order. Its motor has been carefully revised and fine-tuned so it can play the tunes recorded in the wax cylinders fronm the era. Its nostalgic sound matches perfectly its lovely antique aesthetics, with its great solid oak wood and the original metal horn. The box bears a well-preserved sticker in the shape of a ribbon with a printed inscription, where we can read the models name: EDISON STANDARD PHONOGRAPH. The Edison Standard was the first phonograph commercialized by its inventor, Thomas Alva Edison. Edison invented the phonograph in 1877; though some science men had already designed devices that could record sounds, Edison´s phonograph was the first to be able to record and play. In 1899 the Edisons National Phonograph Company started producing the invention under the Edison Standard name: it costed $20. The device that we can see in the photographs is one of those original models and has surprisingly survived to our days in amazing condition. The fine wooden box with nice dovetail corners preserves the original dark finish. The black enameled and chromed component parts are all original and so is the reproducer, made by the Edison Company and with the serial number 904594 engraved in the metal. One of the black pieces bears the Edison signature printed in fine golden lettering. The insuperable sound of this Edison Standard Phonograph is only one of its many qualities. Its great design and ancient age will turn it into the starring piece of any stance.