Deutsches Phonomuseum - Vom Edison-Phonograph zum HiFi-HighEnd-Plattenspieler - Reportage/Rundgang

With the introduction of the compact disc (CD) in 1981, the end of the turntable and the analog record actually began. In the meantime, many high-end music lovers swear by this old technology again and today countless turntables are manufactured again - including in Sankt Georgen in the Black Forest (Germany) - the former "stronghold" of turntable production and the seat of the German Phonomuseum. In this video report from the Deutsches Phonomuseum there is a foray from the first phonograph from 1878 to historical jukeboxes from the turn of the century, a gramphone with a disco ball, the beginnings of Dual-company and PE record players, the first record changers for the home, the heyday record player production in the 1960s / 1970s and the provisional end of the record player era up to the current record player renaissance of the present time. Helmut Mellert, restorer and workshop manager of the Deutsches Phonomuseum, showed and explained to me some interesting exhibits of this really worth seeing exhibition in Sankt Georgen on August 23, 2019. The German Phonomuseum is usually open Tuesday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. I hope you enjoy this report! The video consists of the following sections: 00:00 Welcome from Helmut Mellert, restorer and museum guide 00:19 Original Thomas Alva Edison tin foil phonograph from 1878 01:19 Functional model of the tin foil phonograph 02:15 Demonstration of the phonograph from 1902 02:55 The beginning of the phono industry in Sankt Georgen 03:54 Mechanical jukeboxes and their history 04:08 Orphenion music machine (approx. 1900) with a perforated sheet metal plate 05:33 Orchestrion jukebox with pin roller 07:23 Reproduction piano by Welte-Mignon (approx. 1903) with a perforated roll of paper 09:55 Impressions with the exhibited phonographs / gramophones 10:12 funnel gramophone by Emil Berliner (approx. 1998) 11:18 table gramophone Black Forest House by Fritz Müller (ca.1925) 12:31 Luxury standing gramophone by Albert Ebner (1920s) 13:30 His Masters Voice floor-standing gramophone (1920s) 14:30 gramophone with dancing hopper figure (ca.1914) 15:09 gramophone with disco ball precursor (1920s) 16:03 dual motor (1928) electric motor and spring drive (Dual) 16:59 The beginnings of Dual (Brothers Steidinger) and PE (Perpetuum Ebner) in St. Georgen 17:36 record player 1930s from Dual, PE and other manufacturers 18:11 The first record changers from 1949 (PE) and 1950 (Dual) 18:59 turntable variants, Philips, EMIDE, ... 19:28 portable radio with record player - including Metz 19:55 "Snow White's Coffin" by Braun 20:21 Beginnings of hi-fi technology turntables in the late 1950s 20:48 HiFi record player Thorens TD 124 and Dual 1009 21:15 Record player from the 1960s 21:43 Dual 1219 from 1969 could play in any position (IFA trade fair demonstration model) 23:20 The bankruptcy end of Dual in 1982 24:45 High-end turntables currently manufactured in St. Georgen in 2019 25:07 Fehrenbacher / Dual CS 60, CS 60 Thorens, Perpetuum Ebner) 25:22 Perpetuum Ebner PE 4040, PE 800 25:45 New tube audio amplifiers from the Black Forest 26:15 Upper floor of the German Phonomuseum 26:19 Wurlitzer jukebox for shellac records (1948) 28:06 Radio record player from England - by Alfred Imhof 28:48 TV projector (TV beamer) by Saba (1960) 29:25 More nostalgia devices 29:39 Original desk by Richard Steidinger (Dual) 1935/36 29:57 Special exhibitions on the first floor of the German Phonomuseum 30:16 Astronomical art clock by Christoph Jäckle - perpetual calendar 30:42 Jäckle art clock assemblies - perpetual holiday calendar 31:55 Special exhibition "Electromagnetic Recording" 32:20 wire sound recording as the predecessor of tape recorders 32:46 Development of electrical engineering from discrete technology to printed circuit boards 33:40 Opening hours of the museum (Tue-Sun 11 am-5pm) and a look at various tape recorders 34:02 Farewell and thanks to Helmut Mellert Further information: www.deutsches-phono-museum.de