Vitaphone Co.

Vitaphone Co. A New Jersey firm, incorporated 1 Mar 1907 in Plainfield. It produced the Vitaphone disc player in ca. 1912, capable of handling lateral-cut records (Victor and Columbia), Edison Diamond Discs, and Pathé vertical-cut records. It had a wooden tone arm, and a diaphragm located at the horn, activated by the vibrations sent along a cord from the tone arm. This novel approach was patented by Clinton B. Repp (U.S. #1,003,655; filed 24 June 1909; granted 19 Sep 1911). Vitaphones were…