![]() ![]() There are a number of companies that specialize in auctions for phonographs and music machines.Įdison became their biggest customer, but even with large cabinet orders with Edison (such as this early 1916 order noted below), the company's leaders thought they could do even better by making and selling complete phonographs. Each one of these clubs organizations holds a meet of their own at different times of the year. There are also a number of smaller shows throughout the country, including some in Ohio and New Jersey. The Brunswick Panatrope, introduced in 1926, can fetch as much as $1,000, however. The company was expert at woodwork and approached the major phonograph manufacturers to see if any would be interested in having Brunswick bid for their cabinet business.Ī Brunswick table model phonograph is worth anywhere from $200 to $350, while an upright model will typically sell for $300 to $500, as of 2015. At the time that company entered the phonograph business, they were also manufacturing bar fixtures, billiard tables, balls and cues, bowling balls and equipment, piano cases, church furniture, toilet seats and interior wood trim for commercial businesses. Today, they are known as Brunswick Corporation, but when they were manufacturing phonographs and records, they were the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company. That year marked the debut in Canada of one of the great names in the industry.Brunswick is unique among the famous manufacturers of phonographs from a century ago in that the company is still in business, although no longer in the entertainment field. In Roll Back The Years, Edward Moogk (National Library of Canada, 1975) p.62 mentioned: 'There was no letup in the flood of new companies during 1917, and Toronto continued as the phonograph distribution capital. The first record under the Brunswick Record label appeared. Brunswick recorded a wide variety of music in New York City and a variety of regional locations inside and outside the United States. 1920 Brunswick's phonograph cabinet business leads to the creation of the Brunswick Record label. Brunswick begins selling Brunswick-branded phonographs.Browse this selection of Antique Phonograph now! ![]() We promote a high quality collection of items in stock and ready for shipping today on the the internet.The all-transistor portable phonograph known as the record player remained popular into the '90s, and records are still produced by some popular artists today. In the '30s, vinyl records were produced, and after World War II, the long-playing record was introduced, helping to grow the popularity of the phonograph. Early phonographs operated by a crank and had large horns for speakers. ![]()
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