COLLECTING

The Society reflects a broad interest in everything associated with the early days of recording. In this section just some of those interests are represented.

General history of record collecting

Machine collecting

Phonograph & gramophone advertising

Nipper memorabilia

Collecting Needle Tins

 
Collecting cylinders - Introduction
- Care, storage, handling etc.
- Cleaning, reaming etc.
 

Machine Photo Gallery

- Columbia
- Edison
- Edison Bell
- Englaphone
- Excelsior
- The Gramophone Company
- Lambert
- Murdoch
- Paillard
- Pathé
- Puck
- Thorens

  

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  Company Notes - Academy gramophones
- Fullotone
 
Articles of Interest - The 'Titanic' disaster and cylinder recordings. Author: Alan Peat.

- The 'Titanic' disaster - response by Dominic Combe

- Gramophone Company No 4 soundbox

 

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