![]() ![]() At lower cost, Little Wonder hard plastic 78s records were produced in the millions around 1910 - they were just ten cents each, but there was music on one side only and the performers were anonymous. The larger, 12 inch records had up to four minutes per side, and there were typically albums with sets of three or four or more of these if you enjoyed symphonies or opera. The 10 inch diameter 78s had up to three minutes of music and songs on each side in their side-to-side grooves - the cost was typically 50 cents to a dollar each. Yes, that means there was a decade overlap at the end with vinyl LPs and those large-hole-in the-middle 45s that were the source of 'pop' music in the 1950s. ![]() In the early years, replaceable sacrificial steel needles tracked the grooves. Ask to see the volume control for the inside metal horn !ĭo you remember the old 78 RPM flat shellac plastic records? Trillions of them were pressed over many decades from the late 1890s up to 1960. There is also a spring-driven 1920s SHERATON floor model that plays Thomas Edison's very thick, flat records dating from the late 1910s to the late 1920s. There were no electronics, just a metal horn inside to project the sound. The Amberol records contained up to four minutes of music in their up-and-down grooves the grooves were followed with a small diamond stylus linked to a diaphragm. We have Edison music cylinder record players (operating on windup springs, with celluloid plastic BLUE AMBEROL records), including a 1920 AMBEROLA 75 floor model. This item can be shipped to Canada, all countries in Europe, United States.When you visit our unique museum, with its focus on clocks made and sold in Canada from the 1820s to the present time, you can also HEAR old music record players. The seller is “bluesurfjam” and is located in Stouffville, Ontario. This item is in the category “Consumer Electronics\TV, Video
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