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Return to top of page · Post #: 1 · Written at 11:57:12 AM on 9 September 2016.
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Location: Perth, WA
Member since 9 September 2016 Member #: 1972 Postcount: 2 |
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I have recently been left a gramophone that belong to my great great great Grandma and am trying to find out what type/manufacturer and how old it is. I cant seem to find a plaque with a name on it or any markings on it. Would anyone be able to advise me the best way to identify and date this beautiful antique?     |
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Return to top of page · Post #: 2 · Written at 12:13:21 PM on 9 September 2016.
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Location: Hill Top, NSW
Member since 18 September 2015 Member #: 1801 Postcount: 2078 |
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Please supply some photos. |
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Return to top of page · Post #: 3 · Written at 1:13:07 PM on 9 September 2016.
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Location: Sydney, NSW
Member since 28 January 2011 Member #: 823 Postcount: 6761 |
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See here for instructions: https://vintage-radio.com.au/default.asp?id=image-submission-guidelines |
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Return to top of page · Post #: 4 · Written at 7:19:46 PM on 9 September 2016.
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Location: Naremburn, NSW
Member since 15 November 2005 Member #: 1 Postcount: 7395 |
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Photos uploaded. ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ A valve a day keeps the transistor away... |
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Return to top of page · Post #: 5 · Written at 7:49:40 PM on 9 September 2016.
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Location: Hill Top, NSW
Member since 18 September 2015 Member #: 1801 Postcount: 2078 |
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I've seen this type of wind-up gramophone at the Trash & Treasure markets from time to time. |
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Return to top of page · Post #: 6 · Written at 8:44:14 PM on 9 September 2016.
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Location: Naremburn, NSW
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possible WW1 vintage ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ A valve a day keeps the transistor away... |
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Return to top of page · Post #: 7 · Written at 12:17:50 AM on 10 September 2016.
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Location: Sydney, NSW
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That's a beauty. Obviously been very well looked after. |
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Return to top of page · Post #: 8 · Written at 9:27:18 AM on 12 September 2016.
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Location: Perth, WA
Member since 9 September 2016 Member #: 1972 Postcount: 2 |
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Thanks for all your help and looking into it for me. It looks like it was well looked after but I think we just got lucky as it has been sitting in my parents shed for the last 20 years under a rug. |
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Return to top of page · Post #: 9 · Written at 8:19:18 PM on 12 September 2016.
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Location: Latham, ACT
Member since 21 February 2015 Member #: 1705 Postcount: 2174 |
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Send your photos to Resurrection Radio in Melbourne . They Do a lot of work with these beautiful old girls . I am pretty sure they could give you a little history on them. |
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Return to top of page · Post #: 10 · Written at 9:05:55 PM on 12 September 2016.
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Location: Sydney, NSW
Member since 28 January 2011 Member #: 823 Postcount: 6761 |
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Okay, my mate's model is a Viva-Tonal Grafonola by Columbia Gramophone Company, London, circa 1925. |
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Return to top of page · Post #: 11 · Written at 4:16:28 PM on 3 November 2016.
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Location: Canberra, ACT
Member since 23 August 2012 Member #: 1208 Postcount: 584 |
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This looks very close to an HMV that my father inherited from his youngest aunt - along with a collection of tango and foxtrot records to which the aunt had partied hard in the late 1920s. My parents put an electric turntable in it about 1952 so they could play "microgroove" records - the signal was fed into the back of the Philips 124 Radioplayer that I have now (portrait on my ID picture). |
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