Antique Phonograph Accessories & Contraptions

The antique phonograph is the center of a beautiful, brilliant, and sometimes bizarre universe of accessories. The commercial development of the phonograph, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, inspired a host of adjunct technology, from fancifully—painted flower horns to record storage disguised as furniture. Here are gadgets any snake oil salesman would be proud of — objects that claimed to make the phonograph louder, softer, improve the "tone," or remove the scratchi...