This is a brand new Edison Phonograph works blank in original Edison blank box.
One of our new phonogram blanks on the top and and original blank on bottom dating from 1900
What is The North American Phonograph Company?? In name it is the oldest in commercial sound recording, the original owned the patents of Edison and Columbia. Today we are a hands on museum, we can give lectures on the history of sound recording, and when we have a surplus, we sell new phonogram blanks. We do not accept orders, though outside of what we sell for blanks. What we do, however is provide phonographs and sound recording equipment for the movie industry, and for musicians and offer live wax cylinder recording. We can locate equipment for display and give expert advice on the operation and conservation of Phonographic equipment. Shawn Borri has worked with sound recording equipment for 22 years. North American is a modern record label with a digital studio, as well as remastering equipment for reel to reel, lps, 78s and cylinders. We also can do live recordings, our recordings have a presence and vitality, as we build special valve equipment, using some parts almost 80 years old.
We provided the Edison Phonograph, blanks and sound engineer for recording cylinders for the upcoming movie Bolden!
Director:Dan Pritzker
Writers:Derick Martini (screenplay)
Steven Martini (screenplay)
Produced by
Ed Arrendell .... executive producer
Chris Bromley .... co-producer
Jonathan Cornick .... producer
Leonard Loventhal .... executive producer
Wynton Marsalis .... executive producer
Bruce Moriarty .... co-producer
Michele Tayler .... producer
Original Music by
Wynton Marsalis
Cinematography by
Vilmos Zsigmond
The selections on this page are transfered from the original cylinder records by Shawn Borri, as an example of his skill as a tranfer engineer. You will note the clarity and wide range of the digital re-mastering. We can also re-master your cylinders to digital as well.
this is the equipment used to manufacture new blank cylinder records!!
This is the Jam Band moe. recording "I shoot First" Other clients include M Hart of "The Dead" or "The Other Ones",Trip Lizard,Al Duval,Phillip Roebuck, National Public Radio, Edison Birthplace Museum,Disney Haunted Mansion, and many many others.
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..This is a vidio of what the cylinder from the recording session sounds like, you will notice a good bass response, this was also probably the first time and Electric bass guitar was recorded on wax cyinders. You Tube though made the sound grainy.
Our Remastering Studio for transfere of 78s,33s and 45s and reel to reel.
Our Western Electric Audiometer, we consider the best pickup ever made for 78 rpm records, exellent bass and clean clear highs.
Moulding a Blank Cylinder
Removing core from congealed blank.
The key to realism-the Edison pure DC tube pre, using 301-As. We take the Western Electric magnetic pickup, run it into the Edison pre amp and then to the digital tape recorder for a clean, punchy, warm authentic sound.
Sound of the western electric mangentic cartridge running through the tube pre and playing a Western Electric Victor Orthophonic recording.