Columbia Phonograph

Lovely Columbia Model Q Mignon Phonograph from 1898. It is in working condition. Formed essentially by the central cylinder, where the cylinders with the music are placed, thanks to the movement of the side crank the needle follows the grooves left in the cylinder in the recording, producing the sound of the songs that it incorporates. On one of the sides is engraved the model: Q, as well as the different patents of the brand. On the side of the cylinder is engraved the manufacturer: COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH COMPANY, New York. The beautiful silver-plated metal machinery sits on a wooden base that serves as a support. Attached is a beautiful silver-plated horn that makes this piece a very beautiful device aesthetically. This phonograph is for two-minute cylinders. The well-known American firm will be developed thanks to Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) and his laboratory located in Washington (District of Columbia). The well-known inventor directed his research to the electric-acoustic techniques that would allow him to obtain a sound recording and reproduction machine. He will try to improve the quality of the material on which the recordings are made, patenting his apparatus in the USA in 1886. In 1893 Bell's American Graphophone Company merged with the Columbia Phonograph Company. The firm decided to move its headquarters from Washington to New York, without losing the name Columbia. From the beginning of the century, the company establishes itself firmly in Europe. Paris becomes an important manufacturing center for Columbia cylinders, in order to meet the growing demand for them. Although the production of cylinders is carried out in Europe, at first the phonographs were imported directly from America, but gradually develop their own brand devices with great success in Europe as this example. Beautiful Columbia phonograph. Totally genuine!