[Phono-L] What is this?

[Jim Nichol]

So the Ruby Point is much smaller than a reproducers diaphragm? I  
can't get any idea of size from the picture.

Jim

On Mar 28, 2010, at 10:10 AM, gpaul2000 at aol.com wrote:

>
> The "Ruby Point" was a replacement cup & stylus meant for a  
> Graphophone reproducer.  The owner would remove the original metal  
> stylus arm, cement the "Ruby Point" into place on the diaphragm, and  
> enjoy the results.  An ad in the June 1900 issue of The Phonoscope  
> claimed,
>
> "Sells Like Hot Cakes.  Only $1.00.  Increases the volume 50 per  
> cent.  Eliminates all blast; sweetens the tone.  By far the greatest  
> improvement ever made for the Graphophone.  Consists of a glass base  
> with hard composition tip.  No trouble to sell this point.  Needs  
> only to be shown to effect a sale.  Adjusted to your reproducer for  
> $1.00.  LIBERAL TRADE DISCOUNT.  Beware of all metal imitations,  
> with the point set in, they lack the brilliancy in reproduction  
> which so distinguishes the Ruby Point."
>
>
> It's interesting that the Penn Phonograph Company should have warned  
> against use of "metal imitations, with the point set in" (alluding  
> to Hawthorne & Sheble's "Aluminum Disc"), and then introduce a  
> similar model as seen in the eBay listing.  The earlier "Ruby Point"  
> model with glass base is shown in Antique Phonograph Accessories &  
> Contraptions on page 72, Fig. 2-24.
>
> George P.
>
>
>
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Nichol <jnichol at fuse.net>
> To: Antique Phonograph List <phono-l at oldcrank.org>
> Sent: Sun, Mar 28, 2010 9:09 am
> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] What is this?
>
>
> So what is it?
>
> Jim
>
> On Mar 27, 2010, at 11:53 PM, gpaul2000 at aol.com wrote:
>
>>
>> This is the "Ruby Point", invented by Jay Warren Moyer and sold by  
>> > the Penn Phonograph Company in 1900 for $1.  Unfortunately, the  
>> disc > is missing its red stylus.  Neat little item - and in a  
>> Hawthorne & > Sheble "Aluminum Disc" box which originally housed a  
>> similar item.
>>
>> George P.
>
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