1906 Columbia Standard AA Skeletal Disc Phonograph w/ Records & Needles

If you're an uncompromising collector of antique technology, make sure to check out all my listings after you look at this one. I don't think you'll find a better, broader or more balanced assortment of technical antiques anywhere -- hundreds of listings each year, almost all of them featuring eye-popping "gee whiz" gadgetry in exceptional original condition. And don't forget, you can click this link to quickly add and then save me to your favorite seller list and Ebay will automatically send you updates when I put similar new listings online.Here's an immaculate 120-year-old Columbia Standard AA Disc Graphophone, known also as the Standard Disc Talking Machine. An open works phonograph with a 7" turntable, the AA is diminutive in stature but capable of playing 7" or 10" Standard records, whose spindle holes are slightly larger than those found on Victor and conventionally-configured Columbia machines.Condition is excellent. The reproducer has been rebuilt and the horn has been repainted, but the machine is otherwise clean and original, with no replica partsMechanism is undamaged, and the motor is still strong. The gear train is quiet, and the governor works properly. The Analyzing reproducer sounds good and plays loud. Virtually no oxidation or even any tarnish on the small hardware, and the original short shank "drop-off" style crank is pristine. The Japanned base and support arm are in outstanding condition. Virtually no evidence of paint wear on the base or support arm, no damaged enamel, no rust or bubbling -- just a clean phonograph, with beautiful gold details.The cast aluminum tonearm has been opened on the end that secures the reproducer to accommodate the neck of the reproducer (the aluminum contracts over time while the nickel-plated brass does not). The phonograph is otherwise unmodified, and the reproducer mounts snugly in the tonearm.Brass horn elbow is original, with "PATENTED" stamped into the side.I'll include three factory-labeled 7" Standard records with the machine, including the march you hear in the video I've posted above. Others can be purchased on the internet from a variety of vendors, both on ebay and off. If you're not already familiar with how to operate an early disc phonograph, don't worry. I'll provide you with simple, easy to understand set-up instructions, so you'll be able to use it within minutes after you unpack it and put it together.I'm one of ebay's best known, most highly regarded sellers of antique phonographs. I've been selling and shipping them for more than 25 years. When you purchase an antique phonograph from me, you'll receive a phonograph that arrives safely because it's been carefully packed (by me, not by some well-intentioned but nonetheless confounded, doe-eyed teenager working at the UPS store who wouldn't know a phonograph from a fire extinguisher), and you'll receive a phonograph that includes thorough but easy-to-understand set-up and operating instructions, so you won't be left scratching your head, trying to figure out how it works. Sure, you can probably get a lower price from Joe and Janet Barn-Find, but when your "bargain" arrives broken, and without any hint of how it works or how you might be able to put it back together, you'll realize that you really do get exactly what you pay for.