Thomas A. Edison, the Wizard of Menlo Park, will never be forgotten by cylinder collectors since his name is nearly synonymous with the cylinder industry. Other companies also sold cylinders--Chicago's Lambert Company, Columbia, Cleveland's U. S. Phonograph Company (maker of U-S Everlasting cylinders)--but Edison dominated the market and sold these tube-like records long after the public showed a preference for discs. Columbia stopped making cylinders in 1909 (the company afterwards distributed Indestructible cylinders, made by a smaller company) whereas the Edison Company sold four-minute #000080 Amberola cylinders until July 1929. Cylinders from these final months, especially jazz titles, are highly collectible. By this time an electric dubbing process was used.

VICTROLA PAGES

• The Cylinders A beginers guide. (By Tim Gracyk)
• The Value of Records. (By Tim Gracyk)
• The Reproducer. (By Tim Gracyk)
• TheValue of Old Victrolas. (By Tim Gracyk)
• A Link to Tim Gracyk's Victrola Pages.
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