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A 1903 Edison cylinder phonograph arrived without its horn, and its new owner said that was fine. In the owner’s renovation account, the unrestored, two-minute Standard model came from an eBay purchase. Everything else appeared to be present. The missing horn is especially curious because the owner had bought the machine to hear its sound quality firsthand.
The account does not explain why a horn would be unnecessary. Nor does this first installment describe the repairs the phonograph needed or say how it sounded afterward. That leaves the most interesting part of the project open: what did the owner intend to use instead of a horn, and how did the machine sound once the work was done?
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- What work did the phonograph need? : Still exploring
- How did it sound after restoration? : Still exploring
- Why was a horn unnecessary? : Still exploring
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