Columbia Graphophone Type AZ

     

The Columbia Type AZ was a machine similiar in quality and cost to the Edison Standard Phonograph. The AZ was last of the famous Columbia Type A line. Made in 1905 it used a new "Lyric-type" reproducer housing, instead of the older and less effective floating style. Original price was $25.

 
Photograph courtesy Christopher Proudfoot, Collecting Phonographs and Gramophones