Here is a really special gramophone from about 1907. From the design of the case with its corner pilasters, and with reference to “His Master’s Gramophone” it appears to be the “Mahogany Junior Monarch” sometimes called the “Doric” It is in excellent condition and plays very well with a single spring motor and original “Exhibition” […]
I have been buying, selling and repairing gramophones for over thirty years and am all too aware of ways in which these machines may have been modified and updated over maybe 100 years of use. In addition the market is flooded with fake machines that are available in all shapes and sizes. The gramophone illustrated […]
Before the invention of the “gramophone” in about 1900, music lovers could hear tunes on music boxes where a rotating cylinder with pins, would strike the teeth of a metal comb to produce a sound. A similar device was the “Polyphon” that used a metal disc with tags that struck tuned metal combs as it […]
Here is a good example of the most popular gramophone of the moment, the model 102 from about 1931. It has been carefully restored to very good condition but is being offered at a bargain price because the original 5A sound-box is missing. A very good replacement “Royal Luxus” sound-box has been substituted and it […]
This is a nice original horned gramophone from about 1910. It plays very well with a large steel embossed horn an an original good quality Edison-Bell motor and sound-box. The horn is in original, un-restored colours. The gramophone comes with 100 needles and a selection of 78s if required. It should be collected in person […]
Here is another “Robeyphone” original horned gramophone made by George Robey in Coventry in about 1910. This is a very well made gramophone with a nicely designed oak case and good quality Robeyphone sound-box. The tone-arm ends in a ingenious arrangement which allows the sound-box to be rotated so that Pathe type “Hill-and-dale” or Edison […]
This Columbia horned gramophone is difficult to identify as Columbia machines were available in different designs and made by different factories. This one could be an early “BN” model and the “Analysing” tone arm suggests that is was produced before 1908. The gramophone plays well with a slight rumble in the motor which does not […]
The “Peter Pan” is probably the best known of the small gramophones often referred to as “Cameraphones” and this is one of the best I haven come across. This is the second type of Peter Pan that appeared in the 1920s. The first design had a small telescopic metal horn attached to the sound-box but […]
Here is another mystery gramophone that turned up recently. The case has no indication of name, but a paper label on the inside showed a picture of a gramophone called “The Majestic”. The machine is larger than normal and very heavy with a massive motor and an almost 14″ turntable. The label suggests a Pathe […]
The “Colibri” was a miniature gramophone, produced in Belgium and made available in about 1928. It has an all-metal case, just 12 x 9 x 9 cm but, when assembled, can play a standard 10″ 78 record which must be bolted down onto a 3cm turntable with a left hand threaded nut. The case itself […]