There's Only One Way To Rock! Listening To A Piece of House History! The Edison C19 Phonograph
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- When your house was built in 1896...There's only one way to ROCK!
This week an original Edison C19 Diamond Disc Phonograph makes its way BACK to the James A. Beck House over 50 years later from when the house was known as the Ball Mansion 1913-1962
To learn more about this and other wonderful phonographs of the past
DYSLEXIC GENIUS HURT
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What a wonderful story! Thanks to all who played a part in bringing back home this wonderful piece of history! 👏❤️🎵🎶
So awesome about the restoration! Ann will have lots of great memories flood back when she watches this video and hears this song. Great job.
You are so talented to get it working yay and thank you Ann for returning it to the home so all of us are able to enjoy and appreciate the phonograph.
I really am enjoying following your journey with your home. There is no better custodian to the home and it’s history than the two of you. ❤️❤️
Friday was Robinson Caruso's side kick.
Thank you for sharing yet another treasure.
Cool you combined my 2 favorite things, vintage audio and house restoration!😊
Friday is a native that Robinson Crusoe meets while shipwrecked. Your Edison phonograph is such a treasure. It seems in character that Thomas Edison would assure that you needed to buy his (and ONLY his) discs for the phonograph. He so zealously guarded his patents!
To be fair, Edison invented recorded sound, and he was merely moving ahead with his original format. No ulterior motives involved.
These are absolutely fantastic machines. I grew up with a mahogany Chippendale in the house. The original owner gave it to my great-grandmother in the 1930s, when it was no longer wanted. It was then passed down through the family. I have a small Hepplewhite upright now.
Try to find an owners manual if you can, whether it’s online or a printed copy. They are an absolute wealth of valuable information. For example, it gives an easy method of determining the speed of the turntable: Place a thin strip of paper between the record and the platter and start the machine. Place your finger next to the platter in such a way that the paper strikes your finger as it makes its rounds. Count how many times the paper slip strikes your finger in one minute to find the speed of the turntable. If you are the modern type, there are apps available for this. The speed you’re aiming for is eighty RPM.
Another helpful suggestion from the manual deals with the extraction of records from machines with vertical record slots (as opposed to drawers). Let’s say you want record nine, for example. In this case, you would take your index finger and thumb and push inward against records eight and ten, thereby moving them out of the way, exposing the edge of record nine, making it easy to grasp and pull out of the cabinet.
Best of luck with your projects!
I love that original things that belonged to this house are finding their way back. It’s your good karma what done it!
I really enjoy the posts of items returning to your house. I look forward to all you post. Thanks for sharing.
WOW!!! JUST WOW!!!
I remember listening to jazz records on my grandpa's Rca victrola😊
Very cool your homes vintage decor is amazing great job can't wait till fireplace is in
I had her bigger sister, the C-250 Chippendale-the dolphin key is the rarer key to have, if you lift the turntable, there are several oil tubes, and, oil the feedscrew, (long threaded shaft inside), as the Edisons use these to track the groove, and the reproducer "floats". It is a diamond stylus-Wyatt Markus is the best for any reproducer rebuild.
This is wonderful! I’m so happy that you and Kendra are the new stewards of the Edison. ❤
Douglas Fairbanks was an awesome Robinson Cruso actor. Wonderful phonograph!!!
Love the history...love your humor. Blessings and prayers...
Love the volume control👍😎
Great video! Blessed to have you in Iowa!
Both of you are doing awesome job, and you are going to have a beautiful house!
I own this very same model, it's been setting in my garage for the past 20 plus years it works great just needs outside clean up only thing mine needed was the cloth for speaker it's called theater cloth and I found just need to finish grill. Mine also came with records. Thanks for the video it inspired me to do something.
Nice find!👍🎶🎵🎶🎵
Had a
victrola with all the records in sleeve holders Worked perfect with great sound Still regret selling it 25 years ago
I have to say how much l am enjoying what you are doing to your House it's great, thank you
Wonderful!
Where did Robinson Crusoe go, with Friday on a Saturday night?
Every Saturday night they would set in to roam, and on Sunday morning they'd come staggering home. On this island with wild men and cannibal trimming, and where there are wild men there must be wild women. So, where did Robinson Crusoe go, with Friday on Saturday Night?
My memories from Max Morath recordings.
You have a nice Edison Chippendale Diamond Disc machine. It was originally designated as the Model C-250, but later the C-19. It was introduced in December 1915 at $250 (a bit over $7,600 in current money adjusted for inflaction). That is real gold plating on the metalwork. Some of these were designated as "Official Laboratory Models." They were made into the 1920s. Billy Murray, the main vocalist on the Robin Caruso record, was a leading singer of comic songs in the day. Sounds like you need to adjust the speed a bit as the pitch is off. You can search for "where did robinson crusoe go billy murray" here on RUclips to see what it should sound like. The recording was also released on Edison cylinder records.
@FloridaClay thanks serial # 151402 yes @ThePhonographStop has both versions and correct I do need to adjust that speed a touch. Thanks
Robinson Crusoe and Friday are from the book Robinson Crusoe.
Practically the whole video was fantastic except for the choppy alien voice, which took away from the ambiance.
Love that music while he’s working on the Edison❣️👍🏻😊🎶🎵🎶
@@kimhall5863 it was titled “Wake Up America” and was also one of the records in the cabinet
@@JamesABeckHouse Cool 😎
PS While you've got the lever pointed in the right direction, so the auto brake may now work, it needs some more adjustment. The handle on the lever should point straight up in playing position and when flipped down to horizontal the arm should lift up off the record.
@FloridaClay yes correct I've since made these adjustments and is doing much better now and yes it is running a little fast
Wow! Built to be fixed and used for generations.
WOW! An amazing gift!