I love old gramophone record players that were built like tanks. I have a floor model made by Empire, a table top model by Victrola, and another table top model by HMV (His Master's Voice) as well as an assortment of needles from low noise to medium noise to loud (which is insanely loud, haha!). In fact, when I bought the Empire floor model, the elderly lady who sold it to me threw in 73 records for free. Later on, after being inspired by the PBS Ken Burns 'Jazz' documentary series, I bought a lot of jazz and swing 78 rpm records by all of the famous artists of the time (Jelly Roll Morton, Bix Beiderbecke, Raymond Scott, Al Jolson, Bing Crosby, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, Les Baxter, etc.) and it's always fun to listen to those records that existed during the lifetimes of the actual artists. :)

These "off-brand" machines are often interesting... By the time this Columbia was recorded, single-sided records were in a distinct minority: Columbia was probably following Victor's example with their "Red Seal" records, trying to maintain a sort of "exclusive" image for the high-end market. "Red Seals" did not become double-sided until the 1920s...

I love those Victrola phonographs. They were like fine furniture.

Love single sided sided records and acoustic records in general. Doesn't really matter what is on them. As you say, its more the historical aspect. In the UK its mainly HMV single sided pressings which turn up, but occasionally on other labels too. Thanks 😀 👍

Love it! Hopefully one day i will own a gramophone of my own, i never had the experience and im dying to get one.

"Perfect" was a different record company than Columbia so I think that sleeve might be for another record. I have a few 78's on the Perfect label. They're kind of unique for their time as instead of being black they're sort of a brownish-orange depending how the light hits them. My Grandmother told me that when she was a girl folks made the needles last longer by giving them a quarter turn after each record and they could get as many as 3-4 plays off a single needle. :) Of course that was during the depression and I'm sure what little cash anyone had didn't go for steel needles.

It sounds great on that machine I wonder if that reproducer would give some volume to the red vocalions, which were typically acoustic cuts and tend to be a bit on the quiet side as a result. Then you have to be careful with those and read the labels carefully because they would produce both vertical cut and Lateral of the same recording and put out on the market at the same time to meet different formats

That sounded great. I didn't hear too much surface noise. I love this kind of stuff.

1917 you say? That's a coincidence as my phonograph player was also made in 1917 but mine was made by the Brunswick-Balke Collander Company. :) Brunswick had their hand in a lot of different businesses back in the day from Phonograph players to radios, pool tables, bowling stuff... Their 5KR radio is a clone of the Radiola 60, the first superheterodyne radio in the world, produced by RCA in 1928.

I love the songs of 1916 thru 1927 , on my victor talking machine vvx1 from 1916, serial number 298499g. I have successfully recorded my 78s onto cd form because I like them so much.

A blast from the past! Great review on the phonograph

Musically it's not bad yet it's kind of remember this is 1920s and a lot of what you're getting on the 78 serve performance is equivalent to the vaudeville stage so that's really neat about it and some of them are really good actually this one was okay. I did actually still kind of enjoy it he's got an interesting fade from head vocal up into falcetto back and forth with smooth transitioning. Love things videos either way I don't know something about sitting down and listening to 1920s music trying of makes me feel like I'm at the now out of my price range Disney parks that are still like a second home to me so I have to appreciate them.

The guy could sing. It is really interesting listening to old record because of the history involved. I am glad because I don't think I could care for a player like that.

... Liked your pronunciation of Pathé 😊. Actually in french "th" = "t". Yes, we put loads of letters that we do not even pronounce....

Columbias' were recorded to be played at 80 rpm I think the speeds were set by respective companies. For instance Victor was 78, Brunswick, Columbia 80 Silvertone 80 as well Path'e was 80 as well too.

Love the gramophone too.had a few,from portable to full size.no room for ome nowadays sadly.super record too.great show.

You should actually let your phonograph run down, after you’re done using it. Just take the brake off and shut the lid, just to not strain the spring.

Use an eyeloupe 15x to see if a steel needle is used or not. If used, it has a chiseled point. Don't use it If it is evenly pointed, it's OK. You can't see the difference with the naked eye, let alone feel the difference with your fingers.

Can you play the pathe record on the vitanola it would be interesting to hear

It’s the nostalgia of a 78 record the music is a little squawky 🦜 with some of it, have a few 78s some interesting if it’s at an even eg: Kings Speech or something like that.

I forgot to tell ya a little about proper record storage for when your records are out of use. Ya probably 👌 know it already. Don't store records flat, or stacked on top of each other (except for those being played on the record player). Always store records on end. I have a feeling that reel-to-reel tapes should be stored in this same manner, to avoid warpage of the reels, or damage to the tape. If you're a buff for 8-👣 track, reel-to-reel, or cassette tapes, simply store them in a normal temperature environment, away from excessive heat, 🌞 sunlight, moisture, humidity, dust, and magnetic fields. Don't drop your tapes, or spill liquid into them. 👌 Keep a head cleaning cassette around, and a demagnetizer for your tape player's heads. Demagnetizers can be tricky to use. Once ✔ done, move the wand of the demagnetizer away from the heads as far as you can before unplugging it, or you'll simply deposit the magnetism right back on the heads. There's also a "reel-to-reel" style of cassette tape, you'd probably find particularly interesting. Techmoan talks about these. Again, your tape recorder can be 👍 like a ✋ handheld reel-to-reel. Your friend, Jeff.

Is the speed a little too fast ?

Acoustically cutted records are from 1877-1925 before electrical recordings.

I think almost anything pre-1931 would have been acoustically recorded...or maybe it was 1931 that the first electric playback machines appeared on the market. I'm getting forgetful in my old age, lol.

I feel like somehow I know that song, although I don't remember ever listening to it ever. (and I barely play the only 78 rpm record I own)

Are steel needles still made?

Here's a question, does anybody still make acoustical records? Like records that don't require any amplification

Is that a Hanpin mechanism? 😂

I like that song, but it played a bit too fast.

But I'm first