Bristophon
notes: label: Description
content: The Bristophon was invented by William Henry Bristol (1859-1930), a mechanical engineer who, with his father and brother, established the Bristol Co. in Waterbury, Ct. According to advertisements, the Bristophone “Electrifies the ordinary phonograph and gives it the tone range, sweetness and volume of the new ‘phonic’ instruments.”
label: Description
content: Ref: William H. Bristol, “Electric Reproducing Apparatus for Phonographs,” U.S. Patent 1,490,764 (April 15, 1924).
label: Description
content: Ad for the Bristophon in Radio Retailing (Oct. 1926).
label: Description
content: Ad for Bristophon in <i>Radio Doings</i> 10 (March 12, 1927): 21.
label: Description
content: “Prof. W. H. Bristol, Dead,” <i>New York Times</i> (June 19, 1930), p. 21.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The University of Maryland Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.306749.03
label: catalog number
content: 306749.03
label: accession number
content: 306749
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bristophon
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/4 in x 10 in x 3 1/4 in; 10.795 cm x 25.4 cm x 8.255 cm