Instrument Collection
Description
Berliner enlisted the help of Eldridge Johnson, a sewing machine manufacturer, to adapt a spring motor to his gramophone. Johnson soon became a partner and made several improvements on the machine. This is his first model. It features a paper mache horn. Original cost was $12.00.
Date
1900
Repository
Charles H. Templeton Sr. Music Museum
Status
On Display
Instrument Number
124
Digital ID#
35
Document Type
Image
Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, e-mail sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.
Preview
![image preview](https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/cht-instrument/1030/preview.jpg)
Recommended Citation
Victor Talking Machine Company, "Eldridge Johnson Victor (Type A)" (1900). Instrument Collection. 31.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/cht-instrument/31
Keywords
instrument, player, phonograph
Notes
Circa 1900s