Price: £140.00
Good quality vintage wind-up gramophones are getting hard to find and as more and more enthusiasts are discovering and re-discovering these early music machines the supply (which was always finite) is dwindling. One of the most popular portables of the 1920s was the HMV model 101. It had a reliable motor and a very good No.4 sound-box, which although still made of mica, had a large diaphragm which gave very good sound quality. Indeed the quality of sound from a 101 can often be almost as good as that produced by the No.5 boxes used in the 1930 models like the HMV 102.
In the last couple of years the HMV 102 has been the most sought after portable, but collectors and new-comers to the hobby should be prepared to try a 101. They will be pleasantly surprised by its performance.
There are several different models with different arrangements for needle storage and later ones with an automatic brake. The gramophone works well and has storage for a small selection of favourite records in the lid. This is a machine that is well worth thinking about, especially as a first gramophone for coping well with your collection of 78s.
Price: £140.00