Phonograph
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Fredericton Region Museum
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| Nom de l'objet : | Phonograph |
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| Autre nom de l'objet : | Edison |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | Tools and Equipment for Communication |
| Sous-catégorie de l'objet : | Sound Communication T&E |
| Matériaux : | Wood Metal |
| Numéro d'accession : | 2016.2.1 |
| Fabricant : | Thomas Edison Inc. |
| Province d'origine : | New Jersey |
| Pays d'origine : | United States of America |
| Continent d'origine : | North America |
| Province d'utilisation : | New Brunswick |
| Pays d'utilisation : | Canada |
| Description : | Wooden box with opening lid and handle on right side that opens to a cylinder holder and needle, speakers on front. |
| Fonctions : | The phonograph donated by Dale Horncastle and was originally owned by Erice Henry Clarkson who lived on University Avenue, Fredericton in the first quarter of the twentieth century. He was the son of William Clarkson and Jane foreman who were both from England. He was born on 11 April 1870 and died on 6 July 1952. Clarkson had three kids named Frederick Allen Clarkson Eleanor Caroline Clarkson, and Scott Foreman Clarkson in 1897, 1905, and 1907 respectively. He worked as an Insurance Agent as the last profession before his death. The phonograph is still in excellent working condition, although a number of the records are damaged beyond use. It is a model patented by Thomas Edison Inc. in 1910. It uses amberol records that are blue and cylindrical in shape. The amberol records were introduced into the market in 1908 and were significantly superior to its competitors. The amberol records doubled the amount of playing time than previous models. Instead of a two minute record, that was typical for the Edison Standard Records, the amberol records had finer grooves and could play for four minutes. In 1913, Edison had a monopoly on the record market as his competitors dropped out due to products that were inferior to the Edison patent. He continued to innovate on the cylinder records and introduced the blue amberol record that produced better sound quality and was more damage resistant. Edison phonographs would have been affordable to people of middle income, Henry owned over eighty Blue Amberol Records. |
| Hauteur : | 33 |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
| Nombre d'objets : | 1 |
| Étiquette ou poinçon : | Edison |
| Établissement : |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Fredericton |
| Province de l'établissement : | New Brunswick |