The “Pixie Grippa” is one of the smaller gramophones produced in the early 1920s. It was made available by the Vernon Lockwood Company who used the name “Perophone” for many of its models. Although this small gramophone is less than half the size of standard portables of the time, it has a full sized motor […]

Here is one of the classic “Must Have” miniature gramophones for serious collectors, the “Mikiphone”.”. . Produced in Switzerland in the early 1920s it was brought to the UK in 1926 and was one of the smallest gramophones on the market. When closed up the gramophone looks like a large pocket watch at 4.5″ across […]

Decca 44 Portable Gramophone The Decca Company produced interesting gramophones from the time of the First WW, when they made their name by producing portable gramophones that could be sent off to the front to entertain the troops. Although not actually the first portable gramophones, they gained that reputation. Early models had the “Bowl in […]