Section Two: Please Remember the Basic Definitions!

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(These terms will be used throughout this website)

        

 

 

   = VICTOR PHONOGRAPH (external horn)

  = VICTROLA PHONOGRAPH (inside horn)

  = ELECTROLA  PHONOGRAPH (electrically powered)

NOTE: Many Victor phonographs made in the late 1920's, with improved sound quality, were called ORTHOPHONIC Victrolas.

=  NOT COVERED ON THIS WEBSITE

INCLUDING EDISON, SONORA, RCA VICTOR*, BRUNSWICK, COLUMBIA, ETC.

* RCA Victors are products made by RCA after 1929, and are not true Victor Talking Machine Company products

Now let's determine how old your phonograph is: