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Late Columbia Grafanola £480

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:03:24 +0000

Eagle-eyed readers may think they have seen this machine before.. well yes, and no... I did, in fact sell a similar base bu retained this horn for the present, better example of this late 1920's machine, later sold with plano-reflex arms right up to 1932 as the Model 2a.

Re-motored Swiss gramophone £380

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:03:08 +0000

I don't usually take on re-motored machines,but this one has been sensitively done using a turntable with period, vertical edges and minimal disturbance to the original case. The horn paint is very good, as sen.

Columbia 123a 1929-32 £220

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:08:10 +0000

Reserved at Christmas by a customer who didn't understand that he couldn't play his vinyl 33's on it... this pretty oak 123a plays beautifully. Now it is back on offer again.

(The differential colouring inside and out represents sun-fading and not a re-polish)

Decca 'Salon' RESERVED

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:24:50 +0000

Decca's answer to the HMV 163 at a fraction of the price but with excellent sound as Decca, too, goes for a horn that occupies almost all of the available cabinet space.

Very good original polish. Doors slightly sprung at the base but not noticeable. Extra images here.

White Bingola 1 £155

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:34:38 +0000

Pretty and works well. although the printing on the other side of the case (see details) is sadly rubbed.

Detail images here.

Edison C250 Diamond Disc machine £600

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:44:39 +0100

Currently sporting a nickel reproducer in its otherwise 'gold' interior; this should be correctable as soon as I can find an exchange part to correct the situation. This is the classic 'Laboratory Model', here in mahogany with original polish.

So-called 'Laboratory Models' were individually auditioned before being released to dealers from the Edison factory.

Diamond Disc BC34 with faults RESERVED

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:18:28 +0100

The faults are not what you might think...this (1922-1927) Baby Console is mechanically fine but some wally has taken out the disc divisions in the right-hand storage compartment, leaving it as an empty void. Otherwise the case is without damage or worm and in its original polish.

If you want a machine simply to play Diamond Discs, this could be for you! More images here.

French Cafe Automat £1,100

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:04:00 +0100

Another of these (7-foot!) monsters. Works very well and has an unusually good record-shelf interior to offset the poorly plated exterior parts. My attitude to these is always to leave them as 'faded glory'. They were, after all, utilitarian machines.

Phonos diaphragm in carton £85

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:42:25 +0100

Sadly there is no support-post, but this is easy to make, being a simple vertical tube on flat plate.

See the carton here

Zonophone 'Cecil' (1912) £650

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:46:17 +0100

Pretty little Zonophone with a single-spring motor which nevertheless plays two average ten-inch sides on one winding.

The soundbox is the original and correct Zonophone 'Junior Exhibition'.

The horn paint is original although 'pocked' with rust-marks, as seen. However, this is much preferable to a repaint and maintains the original 'feel' of the complete machine. Only the turntable-felt has been replaced

HMV Table Grand Gramophones £150-£180

Fri, 01 Jan 1904 00:00:00 +0000

This model 108 was recently sold. I have another in stock in slightly less good condition for £160 and several more patterns available at any one time. Please ask what I have in stock...

Pathe Elf £350

Fri, 01 Jan 1904 00:00:00 +0000

This machine was reserved at Christmas by a customer who thought it would play her LP's. This is happening to me increasingly; how quickly our understanding of period technology escapes us! So- now back on the market.

The Pathe Elf often has a reflector-bowl made of recycled Pathe discs. This example, however, has a brush-grained pressed steel one set in a wooden frame. The winding-handle is an accurate French reproduction.

'His Master's Gramophone' Book £45

Fri, 01 Jan 1904 00:00:00 +0000

THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE HMV REFERENCE WORK THAT THE GRAMOPHONE HOBBY HAS EVER SEEN!

'His Master's Gramophone' by Brian Oakley and Christopher Proudfoot is now available from the authors at £45.00 plus postage. Hardback, A4. 256 pages, five years in the researching and with over 450 photographs, almost all in full colour; this is the must-have book for every serious gramophone collector.

The authors drove the length and breadth of the country to study and photograph the best possible examples of every known acoustic machine made by the The Gramophone and Typewriter Company and The Gramophone Company Limited.

The text describes variations in case styles and motors used together with horn dimensions and colours employed. Hours of research at EMI Archives revealed sales figures and additional information on many models.

Contact author brian.e.oakley@btinternet.com directly to order your copy