If you happen to be like me, you are constantly looking for the best deals on Phonographs on the Internet. Well, your search is now over! We all know that eBay is the Internet leader when it comes to finding the best prices out there. On this website we are proud to offer an incredible amount of eBay auctions for Phonographs for you to choose from. Thank you for stopping by.
There was a time before the telephone, the bulb and telegraph. But it definitely was a lot different than the time after it, the time which we are familiar with. Here's how Thomas Alva Edison came up with the phonograph, and showed people how they could listen to their favorite songs again, and again, and again.
The Amberol Cylinder, more commonly known as the gramophone, is another one of Edison's wonders, and this, as a matter of fact, came a little before his most famous invention, the incandescent bulb. He came up with the concept and a working model for a phonograph in the year 1877, and it was the first of its kind at the time. It was widely used between the 1870s and the 1980s to record sound, as well as to listen to recorded sound. It not only became a popular form of entertainment, but also an extremely useful way of teaching, and also a way of storing valuable information.
1920s jazz - Frisco Jass Band - Edison Blue Amberol cylinder
The idea of the phonograph came into being when Edison was working on two other inventions - the telegraph and the telephone. The idea was based on the theme that said that if sound could be transmitted, then there must be a way to record it too. This led to the birth of the phonograph, which became hugely popular, and also led to the creation of the Edison Phonograph Company. The term "phonograph", however, was coined by another inventor, F. B. Fenby. Phonographs became so popular that people started opening phonograph parlors at various places, where people could sit at a desk, speak through a tube, and for the price of a nickel, they could order a selection.They were mass produced for a while before the craze died out.
The very first Amberol Cylinder consisted of a grooved cylinder that had a tin foil wrapped around it. Sound was recorded as indentations on the tin foil. A needle or stylus was used to make the indentations. The very first lines to be recorded on the phonograph were those of the famous nursery rhyme, "Mary had a Little Lamb". This invention was further improved by Graham Bell and two others - Chichester Bell and Charles Sumner Tainter, who came up with the concept of wax coated cylinders for the recording of sound. The phonograph was later modified, with the use of discs instead of cylinders. The stylus would trace a spiral path on these discs to record sound. This may be considered as the oldest form of the decks that DJs use today.
Edison Phonograph Blue Amberol Cylinder Record Reamer, Vintage Edison Blue Amberol Phonograph Record Cylinder 2600 "When I'm Gone", Vintage Edison Blue Amberol Phonograph Record Cylinder 2606 "A Night's Frolic", Vintage Edison Blue Amberol Phonograph Record Cylinder 2677 My Little Dream Girl, Vintage Edison Blue Amberol Phonograph Record Cylinder 2735 "Water Lilies Grow"", Vintage Edison Blue Amberol Phonograph Record Cylinder 2743 "Dat's What I Calls", Vintage Edison Blue Amberol Phonograph Record Cylinder 2745 "You're My Girl", Vintage Edison Blue Amberol Phonograph Record Cylinder 2796 Soft Southern Breeze, Vintage Edison Blue Amberol Phonograph Record Cylinder 2802 Sometimes the Dream, Vintage Edison Blue Amberol Phonograph Record Cylinder 2809 J.K. Emmett's Yodel, Vintage Edison Blue Amberol Phonograph Record Cylinder 2819 "Home in Tennessee", EDISON PHONOGRAPH CYLINDER BLUE AMBEROL RECORD, 4M, 1751, M5, FLAT TOP RECORD, EDISON PHONOGRAPH CYLINDER BLUE AMBEROL RECORD, 4M, 2556, M1, EDISON PHONOGRAPH CYLINDER BLUE AMBEROL RECORD, 4M, 2312, M2, SONG IS:I LOVE YOU, EDISON PHONOGRAPH CYLINDER BLUE AMBEROL RECORD, 4M, 4000, M3, EDISON PHONOGRAPH CYLINDER BLUE AMBEROL RECORD, 4M, 2463, M4, edison blue amberol cylinder record phonograph 2828 THE NIGHTENGALE VOCAL WALTZ, Edison Blue Amberol Record Cylinder # 1583 "Uncle Josh Buys an Automobile" Cal S, Edison Blue Amberol Record Cylinder # 2361 "The Whistling Coquette" Jones & Murr, Edison Blue Amberol Record Cylinder # 4529 "Who Stole the Chickens?" Golden & Hu, edison blue amberol cylinder record phonograph 4757 BARNEY GOOGLE B JONES & HARE, Edison Blue Amberol Record Cylinder # 1881 "We're Tenting Tonight" Knickerbocker, Edison Blue Amberol Record Cylinder # 1648 "Dixie" NY Military Band, Edison Blue Amberol Record Cylinder # 3573 "The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane, edison blue amberol cylinder record phonograph 1583UNCLE JOSH BUYS AN AUTOMOBILE, edison blue amberol cylinder record phonograph 4 M 3035 SKETCH THE RUBE & THE CO, edison blue amberol cylinder record phonograph 1524 SILVER BELL ADA JONES -MURRY, edison blue amberol cylinder record phonograph 1821 I LOVE A LASSIE H LAUDER , EDISON BLUE AMBEROL CYLINDER #3260 "WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE" A. FIELDS, Edison Blue Amberol Record Cylinder # 4121 "Wailana Waltz" Toots Paka's Hawaiian, Edison Blue Amberol Record Cylinder # 2405 "Humoreske" (Violin) Moskowitz, 28170 BLUE AMBEROL CONCERT CYLINDER PHONOGRAPH RECORD - SIMPLICIOUS WALTZ VECSE, Edison blue amberol cylinder record phonograph #3799, Thomas A. Edison Blue Amberol Cylinder Record #2390 Everybody Loves My Girl, LARGE LOT of 31 Edison Cylinder Phonograph Blue Amberol Records No Reserve, Edison Blue Amberol Record Cylinder #3822 "When You Hold Me in Your Arms", EDISON BLUE AMBEROL CYLINDER 3852 Today Tomorrow & Forever #3852 Middleton Allen, EDISON BLUE AMBEROL CYLINDER # 3879 - Rose of my Heart -- Will A. Rhodes, Jr , Lot 35 Amberol Wax Cylinder Phonograph Records for Edison Amberola FREE SHIPPING, Thomas Edison Amberol wax cylinder storage sleeve,
