Edison Fireside Phonograph

The Fireside answered a format change. When Edison added longer four-minute Amberol cylinders to the two-minute kind, this machine from about 1909 got a double stylus so one phonograph could play both. The red petal horn hangs from a rod and chain rather than resting its weight on the mechanism. The Science Museum's example came with a spare wooden horn and two cylinders, one of each length.