“Peggy” - Medley Fox Trot by Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra

Recorded in 1919
played on a 1927 Columbia Grafanola Model 163

[@BlackPatti78s]

Why is the tone arm in the front of the gramophone?

[@JohnSchroter]

I don’t know. Older Columbia Grafanolas had the tone arm in the back. My guess is that this design gave the sound a more direct route through the horn for good amplification with less obstruction out the back where the sound comes from.