Accessories – JOHN SLEEP GRAMOPHONES

Here you will find accessories we have for sales. For any enquires please email mjpsleep@btinternet.com

Sound-box Diaphragms

I have recently found some very desirable unused original old-stock aluminium sound-box diaphragms. The ones pictured are fluted and with

Pyramid Needle Tins

Some of the more interesting tins produced for wind-up gramophones in the 20s and 30s are the “Pyramid” tins. As

Needle Tins

Here are a selection of needle tins that were available to customers from the early 1900s. They

Metal HMV needle box

Metal HMV needle box with compartments £40

HMV “Nipper” model

This is nice model of Nipper the famous advertising feature used originally by Victor in the US and then the

HMV Bamboo cutter

HMV bamboo needle cutter. Quite good condition. £40

Gramphone Company Soundbox

Here is a very rare Gramophone Company “Exhibition” soundbox, made in the USA. In its original “Nipper” embossed box, and

Gramohone Sound-Boxes

There are many different types of sound-boxes. Ideally the one for your gramophone should be the original one with the

Gasket Rubber Tubing

Gramophone sound-boxes have a mica or metal diaphragm supported around the edge. In most sound-boxes thin rubber tubing is used

Edison Blue Amberols

Collectors of phonographs will know how hard it is to find items worth playing on their machines. Phonograph cylinders were

Davey “Roll Right” needle sharpener

This is a patent sharpener for thorn type fibre needles. Steel needles cannot be re-sharpened satisfactorily, but wooden ones made

“Davey” Bamboo Needle Cutter

One of the “Fibre” needle types favoured amongst collectors is made from bamboo wood, hardened and dried. These needles have

Columbia Bamboo Cutter

This is a scissors type of cutter for bamboo (fibre) needles, with its original box. Price £55

Bamboo Needle Cutter

This is a very unusual and rare bamboo needle cutter by HMV.Quite unlike the usual HMV cutters. Possibly made in

This is a very nice model of the HMV dog “Nipper”. It is a later and very good model made about 20 years ago in an artists studio in Frampton Mansell near Cirencester. £65