Ironic that Barraud had originally had an Edison cylinder phono in the first version of the His Master's Voice painting.
Best to all, Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Medved" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 9:59 AM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] RE: Open-horned phonos > Hi Randy, > > Good question. > > My theory is that more Edison's survived than open horn Victors. The > cylinder phono was more often purchased by the less affluent rural trade, it > cost more to them and they kept or gave it as a gift as it was dear to them. > I got two standards that were given as a wedding gift in the 1920's, I > purchased them from his son a model B and D. > > The Victors were often purchased by the more well to do city people and when > things got old they were thrown out more often. Also, the open horn Victors > are more popular and there are more of a demand since they are more > recognizable than a cylinder phono is. > > I welcome more ideas. > > Steve > > > > Hello, all: > > > > Why does one see so many more open-horned Edison machines than Victors? > > Even > > if one allows for Victor's early switch to internal-horned designs, their > > open-horned models still seem to be rare, and expensive, compared to > > their > > similarly priced Edison counterparts. This seems odd, since open-horned > > Victors > > are the most recognizable symbol of early phonographs to non-hobbyists. > > ( I've > > shown photos of my Triumph A to more than one person, only to have them > > respond by saying, "What is that?"). If I am showing my ignorance, so be > > it. I > > would like to know. > > > > Randy > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ >
