Instrument Collection
Description
The Columbia Type B gramophone was known as the Eagle because it cost $10. The $10 gold piece was known at the time as the Eagle, so the phonograph acquired the same name. This machine has a nickel plated horn, key wind with open motor and floating reproducer. The reproducer is the circular device into which one inserts the steel needle. A machine's sound is only as good as its reproducer. Vibrations from the record grooves are transferred from the stylus via a stylus bar or linkage to the center of a diaphragm which vibrates and generates the actual sound.
Date
1901
Repository
Charles H. Templeton Sr. Music Museum
Status
On Display
Instrument Number
61
Digital ID#
202
Document Type
Image
Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, e-mail sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.
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Recommended Citation
Bates Organ Co./Columbia, "Columbia B" (1901). Instrument Collection. 6.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/cht-instrument/6
Keywords
instrument, player, gramophone
Notes
Circa 1901