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Auction archive: Lot number 731

Lever-Wind Berliner GramophoneLever-Wind Berliner Gramophone

Estimate
US$10,000 - US$15,000
Price realised:
US$10,000
Auction archive: Lot number 731

Lever-Wind Berliner GramophoneLever-Wind Berliner Gramophone

Estimate
US$10,000 - US$15,000
Price realised:
US$10,000
Beschreibung:

Lever-Wind Berliner Gramophone, c. 1897, with 7-inch turntable, clamp, Clark-Johnson-reproducer no. J 1159 on oak traveling arm, oak case with winding lever and speed control lever on the side, transfer Berliner Gramophone, National Gramophone Co., 874 Broadway, New York City and patd. dates to February 1895, underside with part of maker's operating label, and straight-flared black horn with gilt line decoration, case 9 1/2 in. square., (period elbow and felt, modern elbow included). Literature: Fabrizio & Paul, The Talking Machine an Illustrated Compendium, p. 58 for a similar machine. The lever-wound motor was designed by Eldridge Johnson and Levi Montross, and first appeared in 1896 enclosed in a circular metal case (on a rectangular baseboard like that of the hand-cranked model). The square oak case version was also the first to use the Clark-Johnson-soundbox

Auction archive: Lot number 731
Auction:
Datum:
23 Aug 2008
Auction house:
Bonhams | Skinner
Park Plaza 63
Boston, MA 02116
United States
+1 (0)617 3505400
+1 (0)617 3505429
Beschreibung:

Lever-Wind Berliner Gramophone, c. 1897, with 7-inch turntable, clamp, Clark-Johnson-reproducer no. J 1159 on oak traveling arm, oak case with winding lever and speed control lever on the side, transfer Berliner Gramophone, National Gramophone Co., 874 Broadway, New York City and patd. dates to February 1895, underside with part of maker's operating label, and straight-flared black horn with gilt line decoration, case 9 1/2 in. square., (period elbow and felt, modern elbow included). Literature: Fabrizio & Paul, The Talking Machine an Illustrated Compendium, p. 58 for a similar machine. The lever-wound motor was designed by Eldridge Johnson and Levi Montross, and first appeared in 1896 enclosed in a circular metal case (on a rectangular baseboard like that of the hand-cranked model). The square oak case version was also the first to use the Clark-Johnson-soundbox

Auction archive: Lot number 731
Auction:
Datum:
23 Aug 2008
Auction house:
Bonhams | Skinner
Park Plaza 63
Boston, MA 02116
United States
+1 (0)617 3505400
+1 (0)617 3505429
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