Gramophone Accessories

Here is a selection of accessories that were produced along with gramophones from 1900 until about 1940. Originally found inside gramophones bought at auction or privately, these items are getting very hard to find and are consequently much sought after. They are often useful but are also decorative and are an ideal addition to a collection.

 Needle Tins: tins This is only a sample selection. Prices from £6 each

Fibre needle sharpeners: These sharpeners are used for round "thorn" type needles which have a round cross-section and fit into sound-boxes as steel needles would. 

sharp sharpIllustrated are a sharpeners by BCN at £35,  IM at £20 .

Fibre needle cutters (bamboo with a triangular cross-section)cutters an HMV cutter boxed and with instructions at £70

For collectors who have everything "HMV" here is a tube of HMV Motor Grease,grease boxed at £20

Record dusters:   dustdust dust Illustrated are dusters by Columbia (boxed) at £20, HMV (round) at £20, 

and others at £15

And finally a "Tango Two" dancing toy for the gramophone.dancers Works with the turntable and a magnetic device makes the two dancers perfortm the Waltz, Foxtrot and One-step. £65.00  

 

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