The talking machine world (Jan-Dec 1908)

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26 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD. The King of Cylinder Macliines The way the talking machine trade has taken hold of the "BQ"' Columbia model since its first announcement last September has been no surprise to us. Because, although it was a distinct novelty, it was the ONE machine of its kind and EXACTLY what the dealer and his customers wanted. The man who is going to buy a cylinder machine doesn't hesitate very long between the old models and this new one. Until the "Bft" came out all cylinder machines were made awkward, inconvenient and cumbersome by the long-necked horn, suspended from a horn crane, attached by a piece of rubber tubing and holding one rigid position until the whole apparatus was lifted up and set around. The new "Bft" model embodies the very points which have made the success of the disc Graphophones. Compact convenient, shapely and simple, it is an entirely new departure in talking machine design. Equipped ^vith the same aluminum tone arm which has done so much to perfect the tone quality of Columbia disc Graphophones, together with a h: ndsome swivelling flower horn which projects over the machine instead of away from it and swings in any direction — these two advantag-es ALONE were real enough and great enough to make the "EQ " model just what we said it would be — the success of the year. The Columbia "BQ," s of The Columbia "B or loivg mandrel, play^ ii\g B C records, $45 The instantaneous success of the "Ba" model brought about an immediate demand for an aluminum tone arm cylinder Graphophone of more elaborate construction, and one that would play the half-foot-long BC Columbia Records. And here it is — the "BO" Graphophone. Its principal distinction lies in an exti-a long mandi-el which will accommodate not only the regular four-inch cylinder records (any make) but also the famous BC Twentieth Century Columbia Records which are made by this company exclusively, and which no other machine except the Columbia Graphophone can accommodate — records long enough to include the entire selection. The cabinet is full 14 inches long. 9 inches wide and 11 inches high, made of selected quartered oak and equipped with a carrying cover and handle. The motor is of triple spring construction, noiseless and running four of the ordinary cylinder records or two of the BC half-foot-long records without rewinding, and it can be wound while running. The "BO" sells at retail for $45, with a green enameled horn; and at $50 with regular BI flower horn in full nickel— an easy option, because the horns are interchangeable. COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH COMPANY, genl TRIBUNE BUILDING, NEW YORK