DESCRIPTION:
"Tango Land" played by the National Broadway Orchestra as recorded "live" on Edison Blue Amberol cylinder 1744, recorded in 1913. This is a TEST RECORDING made to judge the sound of a RARE Edison Amberola III phonograph which contains the Edison Opera mechanism, the finest motor Edison created to play a cylinder record. Notice that the diamond-stylus reproducer remains stationary; it's the mandral that moves---horizontally. The large cabinet houses a metal horn larger than those used in the later Amberol phonographs. Playing the Amberol III----produced between 1912 and 1914----is Dr. Walter Grace, another record and machine collector from Oley Line (Limekiln), PA. The Amberola III's dimensions are 44 by 20.5 by 20.5 inches. The open portion at the bottom was designed to hold 3 cylinder-record albums, each holding 30 cylinders. Selling price of this phonograph when introduced in Aug. 1912 was $125....or $2,740 in today's money. NOTE: The superlative sound emanating from this unit is attributable to the skill of Wyatt Markus of Au Sable Forks, NY, who just rebuilt its reproducer---in Jan. 2011. THIS TANGO is posted to honor my friend JERZY, a.k.a. JEREK46PINK, whose tango postings bring great pleasure to countless YouTubers. IMPORTANT: This video was made as a test recording, which is why it is a bit incomplete. The idea was to make a 2nd video with better light to post for public view. As the machine was being wound for "the real video," the sping broke. Horrors! Accordingly, this video will be remade in due course. For the record, this Amberola III is a model B, type 5M, and machine # 1470.