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I found the speed control arm. Still could use the tone arm. Thanks, Ken

I am looking for the speed control arm and mounting screw for a Puritan phonograph. It is the gold plated style. Also, I could use the tone arm. Any chance you have these parts? Thanks, Ken Brekke 715-459-6283

Thanks. I’m glad you liked it. The Brunswick is one of those terrific recordings that just seem to work.

Dan, You got me tapping my toes. Great record!!! Thanks for sharing.

No 27, the Pathé box with Caruso portrait, is sold now. Some others are reserved but not sold yet. So, if you like to buy any of the remaining ones, please let me know. 🙂 Cheers, Helmut

That’s another great version. Your copy is in better condition than mine. I can now hear & understand all the lyrics!👍🥹

I just also posted another version also from 1927 but a very different style. It is Aileen Stanley and Billy Murray.

One of my favorite Reser’s!👍🥳 Right up there with “Collegiate Sam”.

I am interested in no.27, Enrico Caruso. What are you asking. Thanks Daniel

Hello everyone, I am offering a number of more or less rare cylinder record boxes from different countries (plus two at the end, that are rather interesting records). See photos below for what is available. The numbers on the photos match the numbers in the list/description below. I haven’t added prices, as everyone who is seriously interested in cylinder boxes has a rough idea what they will sell for. My prices will be fair, but don’t expect extreme bargains. And I will give a discount, if someone buys quite a few boxes. Just let me know (by PM here or through FB Messenger - https://www.facebook.com/helmut.janisch.5) what you are interested in, and then I tell you how much I’d like to have … and then we’ll see if we can agree on a deal. First come first serve, though I will try to please everyone. If you are seriously interested in buying one or more boxes and need to see more photos from all around of the box or of the record (where included), I will take photos and send them to you. For now, I think that the photos of the front and top gives a good idea of the condition. Shipping is from Germany, which for USA collectors means that it is not as easy anymore because of increased tariffs on European/EU goods and changes in the terms for receiving parcels from the EU. But I will do my best to find the best possible shipping rate for you. And of course a bomb proof packaging is also guaranteed. Greetings, Helmut List of my offers: 1. German Edison cylinder blank box (variation A) There was no particular labeled box for Edison cylinder blanks in Europe. They used the regular boxes (no matter if they were British, French or German) with just a different lid label on top, saying that this contains a blank. This is one of two different variations of that lid label in German. - with correct blank cylinder in mouldy condition 2. German Edison cylinder blank box (variation B) There was no particular labeled box for Edison cylinder blanks in Europe. They used the regular boxes (no matter if they were British, French or German) with just a different lid label on top, saying that this contains a blank. This is one of two different variations of that lid label in German. - with correct blank cylinder with large crack 3. German Columbia „stars and stripes“ box Box for Clumbia brown wax cylinder, to my knowledge this was mainly used in Germany, but examples showed up in Britain too - with Columbia brown wax cylinder in mouldy condition 4. British Columbia „Lyric 9D Record“ box Later variation of a box for Columbia black wax cylinders in Britain that advertised the Columbia Lyric reproducer. - empty box 5. Spanish Columbia box with typo in brand name It is unknown whether this was an official Columbia release or not, as the brand name is written wrong. The layout and typeset is almost exactly as other European Columbia lid labels though. - with brown wax cylinder in mouldy condition 6. British Columbia box Early box for Columbia brown wax cylinder - empty box 7. American Lambert Indestructible Record box w. pink cylinder Nice example, all matching - No 1017 Melody In F, Violin, very good condition 8. Cortina Language Record box (variation A) Box for a brown wax language record manufactured by Columbia - early label variation - Spanish No 11, bown wax cylinder with a small crack half along the surface 9. Cortina Language Record box (variation B) Box for a brown or black wax language record manufactured by Columbia - a later label variation - empty box 10. Cortina Language Record box (variation C) Box for a brown or black wax language record manufactured by Columbia - a later label variation - empty box 11. Cortina Language Record box (variation D) Box for a celluloid wax language record manufactured by U-S Everlasting - later label variation - Italian No 23, cylinder in very good condition 12. Rosenthal Language Phone Method box Most of these Rosenthal cylinders are black wax, but this is an celluloid cylinder and the box is an overglued Columbia Indestructible box. - Italian Classical Course No 7, cylinder in very good condition 13. British Lambert Record box One of three similar label variations for British Lambert celluloid cylinders (one is white and two are red background) - with very good condition British Lambert cylinder No 5182, Chinese Troubador by Elton 14. British Rex Gold Moulded Record box Box for a black wax cylinder made by Lambert in Britain - empty box 15. British New Ebony Record box Box for an Edison Bell celluloid cylinder - with very good condition Ebony cylinder No 561, Coronation Bells by band 16. British Rees’ Language Record/Sterling Linguaphone box Box for a black wax language cylinder made by Sterling - with correct matching black wax cylinder in very good condition - tiny mould spots on one side 17. British White Record box Box for a black wax cylinder of the White Record label by General Phonograph - with correct matching black wax cylinder in very good condition 18. British Electric Record box (variation A) Box for a black wax cylinder of the Electric Record brand - empty box 19. British Electric Record box (variation B) Box for a black wax cylinder of the Electric Record brand, has wrong cap on top - empty box 20. British London Popular Record box Box for a black wax cylinder of the London Popular Record brand - with correct black wax cylinder No 198, If the man in the moon were a coon, quite mouldy condition 21. British Excelsior Record box Box for a black wax cylinder of the Excelsior Record brand, has wrong cap on top - with correct black wax cylinder, There’s a dark man coming with a bundle by band, quite mouldy condition 22. British The New Falcon Records box Box for a black wax cylinder of the The New Falcon Records brand - empty box 23. British The Famous Imperial Record box Box for a black wax cylinder of the The Famous Imperial Record brand - empty box 24. British New Century box Box for a black wax cylinder of the New Century brand, early label variation - empty box 25. British Markona Phonograph Record box Box for a brown or black wax cylinder of the Markona Phonograph Record brand - empty box 26. British Nicole Record box Box for a black wax cylinder of Nicole Record brand - empty box 27. British Pathé Freres London salon size box Box for black wax salon size cylinder, label shows four artist portraits, including that of Enrico Caruso - correct matching cylinder in decent condition, some mould spots on one side 28. German Electra Goldguss-Walze box No 600 Early box for Electra/Elektra black wax record - empty box 29. German Electra Goldguss-Walze box No 524 Later box for Electra/Elektra black wax record - with orrect matching cylinder in very good condition 30. German Electra Goldguss-Walze box No 1601 Later box for Electra/Elektra black wax record - with correct matching cylinder, with a big crack and one side heavily moulded 31. German Elektra Goldguss-Walze box No 539 Last type of box for Electra/Elektra black wax record, 2 minute Edison boxes were re-used and overglued with the Electra labels - with probably correct cylinder, but unplayable condition 32. German Elektra Goldguss-Walze box No 1087 Last type of box for Electra/Elektra black wax record - with correct matching cylinder, quite mouldy 33. German Excelsior Hartguss Record box No 6040 Usual box for Excelsior black wax cylinders, strangely with the text on front written in English - with correct matching cylinder, rather decent condition 34. German Excelsior Hartguss Record box No 2454 Usual box for Excelsior black wax cylinders, strangely with the text on front written in English - with maybe correct cylinder, it is broken 35. German 1a Lipsia Hartguss Record box Usual box for 1a Lipsia black wax cylinders - with probably correct matching cylinder in quite good condition 36. German Schellhorn Stentor-Guss-Record box No 162 Box for Schellhorn black wax cylinder, one of two different Schellhorn labels of the same brand, though this has the addition „Stentor“ in the brand name - with correct matching cylinder in very good condition 37. German Schellhorn Stentor-Guss-Record box No 1320 Box for Schellhorn black wax cylinder, one of two different Schellhorn labels of the same brand, though this has the addition „Stentor“ in the brand name - with correct matching cylinder in very good condition 38. German Schellhorn Platina-Guss-Record box Box for Schellhorn black wax cylinder, one of two different Schellhorn labels of the same brand, though this has the addition „Platina“ in the brand name - with correct matching cylinder in quite good condition, partly slight mould and some manufacturing faults 39. German International Record box Box for International Record brown wax cylinder by Julius Wall in Berlin - with brown wax cylinder broken in pieces 40. German Gold-Guss-Walze box No 4730 Box for Gold-Guss-Walze black wax cylinder empty box 41. German Gold-Guss-Walze box No 4087 Box for Gold-Guss-Walze black wax cylinder - correct cylinder but title is No 4029, Armee Marsch No 7, in decent condition, slightly mouldy 42. German Colonia Phonographen-Walzenfabrik box Box for Colonia black wax cylinder - empty box 43. German Apollo Record box Box for Apollo Record brown wax cylinder, the label is one of at least five similar looking labels for Apollo - with correct matching cylinder in decent condition, quite some mouldy areas 44. German Stern Hartgusswalze box (red lid) Box for Stern black wax cylinder, additional brand name RECTE on lid suggests a very late release - with correct matching cylinder but broken into two pieces 45. German Stern Hartgusswalze box (greenish lid) Box for Stern black wax cylinder, additional brand name RECTE on lid suggests a very late release - with correct cylinder but wrong title, No 8117, Berliner Luft Marsch, broken into two pieces 46. German Stern Hartgusswalze box (brown lid) Box for Stern black wax cylinder, additional brand name RECTE on lid suggests a very late release - with correct cylinder but wrong title, No 313, Wenn die Spatzen schlafen gehn, with a large crack all along the record 47. Columbia Twentieth Century Talking Machine Record box Box for a 6“ long Columbia 20th Century black wax cylinder - with 6“ Columbia record No 85003 in moulded and scratched condition, lid label is for No 85046 48. French Cylindres Pathé box Box for Pathé brown wax cylinder, the box is the typical make that mostly Pathé used, but the lid is very special, as the brand name is embossed to it (impossible to spot on the photo, and even hard to see in real) - with maybe correct brown wax cylinder (French introduction and singing) in quite good condition with some mould spots 49. British Pathé’s Diamond Moulded Record box Box for black wax Pathé cylinders with label cover the entire box and lid showing two ladies and a phonograph - empty box 50. French Charlus & Marechal box Square box with floral ornaments for Charlus & Marechal brown wax cylinder, it is one of at least two different floral ornaments used - with correct cylinder (announced Charlus & Marechal and logo on record’s rim), can’t tell if the title is matching, the condition is very good 51. French Le Cahit box Box for Le Cahit brown or black wax cylinder, named by and advertising for the Le Cahit reproducer - with correct matching very dark brown wax cylinder in good condition, some mould spots 52. French Cylindre Phrynis box Box for Phrynis black wax cylinder - with correct cylinder but wrong title, No 10348, La Traviataby M. Rigaux, in very good condition 53. Swedish And. Skog box Box for And. Skog (short for Anders Skog) brown wax cylinder, early label variation - with probably correct cylinder (title unidentifiable) in good condition, very slight mould areas 54. Hungarian Mascagni Record Company box Box for Mascagni brown wax cylinder - with correct cylinder (introduction mentions Mascagni and Budapest), the area before the introduction obviously was used to record a whisting by a previous owner, very good condition 55. Austrian Veritas Record box Box for Veritas black wax cylinder - empty box 56. British International Phonograph And Indestructible Record box Box for a so called „Liverpool Indestrucible“ celluloid cylinder, metal lid is missing - correct record No 4251, Marriage Bells, that plays nice and loud (and fits nicely on the mandrel though it is shrunk), with a 2 centimeters crack at the end that my phonograph plays nicely through with of course some ticks 57. British Edison box (of the series for buyers of a 2/4 minute conversion kit) In 1908 British buyers of a 2/4 minute conversion kit were offered a free set of 5 Special Amberol (4 min) and 5 Standard (2 min) cylinders. This is an example of a box of that set for a Standard cylinder. - empty box 58. Edison No 8136, Nearer, My God, To Thee by Edison Concert Band Not interesting for the box but for the music on the record. It is said that it was the last tune that the band played on the sinking Titanic. - early black wax cylinder in extremely good condition 59. Columbia No 3863, Banjo Solo - Selection from A Runnaway Girl by Vess L. Ossman Not interesting for the box but for the record, comes with original record slip - ca. 1900-1901 brown wax cylinder in extremely good condition, plays at 140 rpm

Here is a fun one.

I don't know why that Triumph didn't sell in a minute given the condition and the way it's outfitted. I was very tempted myself but very serious space issues these days!

Wow, super. Impressive set-up! It just goes to show what's imbedded in the grooves of this old technology---lots more than even the best machines could reproduce back in the day.

Henry, thanks for the compliment. I use a Thorens TD-126 Mk III turntable with a Shure V-15 Type V cartridge equipped with a Shure VN-578E elliptical stylus. To set the basic eq I use a Rek-O-Kut Re-equalizer. I then fine-tune the sound with Rane PE-15 and PE-17 parametric equalizers. I record to digital with a Masterlink ML-9600 recorder. Of course it helps that the 78 is in nice condition!

Nice clean sound! What’s your playback set-up? Thanks for posting!

The Broadway musical of "Follow Thru" opened in early January of 1929. This recording, released on Brunswick 4207, was made on January 18, 1929. A two strip Technicolor Paramount film based on the play was released in 1930. It also featured Zelma O'Neal performing the two selections on this record. If you search the web for Follow Thru (1930) you can find more information and the film itself posted on various sites. The sequence featuring I Want To Be Bad is particularly striking. Zelma O'Neal - Button Up Your Overcoat.wav Zelma O'Neal - I Want To Be Bad.wav

I am looking for Columbia BC Graphophone Cylinder Phonograph parts in any condition. If you have any parts, partial machines, mandrels, etc. please send me some photos if you have any interest in selling. As I said, machines/parts can be missing pieces or broken, I am still interested. I will be at the show in Wayne in a couple weeks so if you attend that show we don't have to worry about shipping. Thanks! Lee Baker 😃 Lee_bk@comcast.net

As usual you guys have nice quality items for sale. Good Luck Bruce

Sad to hear this news. Allen was helpful to me when I first entered the hobby back in the early 1980s. I also purchased a number of his reprints of Victor publications.

We were saddened to learn that Allen Seymour Koenigsberg, age 83 has passed away at his home in Brooklyn New York on June 26,2025. Allen began collecting phonographs in 1966 with a special interest in the historical aspects of inventors and nuances of various machines. With this background and his interest in phonographs, he started publishing a periodical for collectors titled Antique Phonograph Monthly in January 1973 (Vol. I, No. 1) and his last (Vol. VIII, No. 4) December 1986. Allen’s articles were stimulating and creative. Collectors couldn’t wait for the issues to arrive at the doorsteps. The subjects were often unique and thought provoking. Allen’s complete volumes of Antique Phonograph Monthly can be found on the APS website under member resources and by doing a library search. Take time and read his articles. His research and writings are an educational experience. We send our sympathy to the family and thank them for sharing Allen’s knowledge with the phonograph collecting community. Robin & Joan

The needle cup holders are spoken for.