Grand Opera Zonophone (Zon-o-phone) front mount
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Universal Talking Machine company, Grand Opera Zon-o-phone, around 1903.
 Note the ornate support arm and bedplate. The rod type tone arm is also distinctive. Larger image |  Bevelled glass panel appears on a few Zonophone models, including this machine and the A Zon-o-phone. Some European disc machines featured glass siding, but its use in American machines is unique to the Zonophone. Larger image |
 Universal Talking Machine decal. Larger image |  Note the distinctive curved crank. Larger image |
