I wholeheartedly agree that electric motor powered phonographs are the best ones. An Edison class M electric cylinder phonograph from about 1890, being powered by single Grenet wet cell would be by far the best way to test brown wax blanks as they come off of the production line. However, seeing as ...

Hello everyone, I am new here and would like to introduce myself. I've been interested in Edison cylinder phonographs and records nearly all of my life, having gotten my first machine given to me by my grandfather when I was 11 years old. Still have that machine. It's a Standard model D combination ...

That sure sounds like a worn out, flattened down stylus on your model H reproducer. When it gets worn flat, it can't reach down into the groove and therefore it can't pick up the vibrations nearly as well as it should. If you get a 30x loupe, you can see it. It should be shiny and round. These styli...