Empire Phonographs
"This is the Empire set up and ready for your entertainment. Beauty and distinction typify the machine as well as its renditions. Its style harmonizes acceptably with any furnishings. You will be as proud to own it as we are to claim it as our product."
Empire Talking Machine Co.
423-429 South Wabash Ave.
Chicago, Illinois
circa 1915-1924
Model
Designation1		 Internal
Plating2		 Key
Plating		 Spring
Size3
AA Gold Gold 1
XA Gold Gold 1
AA-1 Nickel Brass 1
XA-1 Nickel Brass 1
B Nickel N/A 1
CC Nickel N/A 2
XC Nickel N/A 2
XD Nickel N/A 2
XE Nickel N/A 3
F Nickel N/A 3
1 No illustrations available. AA & XA models at the high end of the price range, F at the low end. F may be a lidless, tabletop model.

2 Gold plated turntable had a silk plush pad; nickel plated turntable came with green felt.

3 Numbers denote three unknown spring sizes. Motor depicted in the generic instruction manual appears to be a Heineman.
Source: Book of Instructions, Empire Phonographs (undated)