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Welcome to the North American Phonograph Company!

  Founded in 1888, it is the oldest name in commercial sound. 

  Today we provide new phonogram blanks for collectors, and cylinder Phonograph enthusiasts. 

Our blanks are made with the Edison formula used from 1889-1901 for commecial recordings and up to 1906 for home recording blanks and known as "Brown Wax"  
The Edison Phonograph works is the blank manufacturing division.

Our blanks are used by
Performance Artist Pablo Helguera!
The up Coming big screen  production Bolden!
The Edison Exploratorium!
moe.
Trip Lizard
Pogo Studios
and many more. 

Each cylinder master is manufactured by hand, that is why we only sell what we make. 



If you would like to contact us. call us
 
 
(815) 410-4428 

If You have a Question about
 
Edison Cylinder Records  Email us.
 
 

Write in the box to the right to ask us any questions you have about Edison Phonographs or Cylinder Records, or Vintage audio. Include your Email address or we will not be able to answer you.
  

This is  a closeup of one of our blanks, this one is only 3 months old.

New Edsion cylinders

This is how we sell our blanks, just like a hundred years ago, in boxes of 12 blanks with pegs, these have an index card in front to catalog them.

This is a thank you card from our involvement in the motion picture that is up-coming on the life of Buddy Bolden, the First Man of JaZZ!

1888 instructions for Perfceted Phonograph!!
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This is a replay of the cylinder "I Shoot First" by moe.  This is the exact cylinder made during the recording session in the photo.  This historic session is the first time a bass guitar was  captured on wax. 

moe. in Edison Street Studio
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Recording I Shoot first!

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Shawn Borri at Vernon Downs Raceway
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Wiz the Dead's master engineer hosts me at the sound desk. Photo by Mr. Cohen and M Hart.

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Mickey Hart, and Shawn Borri
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At Vernon Downs Raceway in New York




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