Welcome!
Keeping the site 'stocked' is not easy; I am filling requests from incoming purchases without new items having a chance to appear on these pages!
What I need from you, dear reader, is something more to buy!
I have been trading in Gramophones and Phonographs for over thirty five years.
Over this period I have handled just about everything that the subject has to offer from humble portables to 'tinfoil' Edisons from the beginning of recorded sound history.
Tiny; A classic Swiss 'Mikiphone' dating from 1926.
These were imported by Keith Prowse, better known
as ticket theatrical agents and, incidentally, sellers of
the first ever air tickets from Brooklands in Surrey.
Chunky; A large Pathe dating from close to 1908 as
it bears a strong resemblance to the G+T mahogany
cabinets of the period- the so-called 'Ionic and 'Doric'.
(Plagiarism?!). This is an original machine with one
repair explained on the 'Gramophones for Sale' page.
I always hold a varied stock of machines which I guarantee historically and mechanically wherever possible. Most (but certainly not all) can be seen in the 'Gramophones for Sale' and 'Phonographs for Sale' sections. Turnover is fast and often machines 'come and go' without announcement. If you have any special wants please let me know and I will gladly tell you if I locate them. There is no obligation whatsoever to take me up on what I find, you just get first offer!
If you are beginning to take an interest in early sound recording, why not join a Gramophone Society? Groups all over the world... Click here to see some...