Hello All,
Can anyone shed light on this machine? Does the DGAG stamp indicate that this was an actual, known model that is factory original?
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Schank-Grammoph ... 3099713277
Thanks!
Garret
What is this German gramophone..thing?
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Re: What is this German gramophone..thing?
It looks factory original in my opinion...
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
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Re: What is this German gramophone..thing?
That's a Victor or HMV motor and it looks like a Victor tone arm turned upside down, and might be a cast Victor horn piece.
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Re: What is this German gramophone..thing?
Not exactly Victor, but similar... it could be a Deutsche Grammophon (DG) motor, horn and tonearm, since they were a Victor clone...Phototone wrote:That's a Victor or HMV motor and it looks like a Victor tone arm turned upside down, and might be a cast Victor horn piece.
D G A G... Deutsche Grammophon Aktiengesellschaft
The German word Aktiengesellschaft is a compound noun made up of two elements: Aktien meaning shares, and Gesellschaft in this context meaning corporation
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
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Re: What is this German gramophone..thing?
The giveaway that it is a made up construction , probably using a "polyphon" or similar music box machine box sans mechanism and a DGAG cabinet gramophone is that the soundbox faces the wrong way , no original gramophone does that , does it ? should be in crapophone section
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Re: What is this German gramophone..thing?
Ah yes. Something seemed off. However, what can be explained regarding the DGAG stamp?
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Re: What is this German gramophone..thing?
I might agree with you, IF this was being sold by the original seller/dealer/distributor in the 1900s. However, since it has been around for 100 years and passed to various different owners over that time, the J tube could have been reversed by someone in the past for some unknown reason... Who knows why people made changes to their machines...? In other words, the orientation of that J tube is merely circumstantial and doesn't indicate originality... at least in my opinion.soundgen wrote:The giveaway that it is a made up construction , probably using a "polyphon" or similar music box machine box sans mechanism and a DGAG cabinet gramophone is that the soundbox faces the wrong way , no original gramophone does that , does it ? should be in crapophone section
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
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Re: What is this German gramophone..thing?
That gooseneck tube can be switched to either side by just unscrewing the plug. Perhaps someone found it easier to access the needle screw with their left hand? I vote for this being genuine- as in being something made in the period and not fitted up at a modern dateCurt A wrote:I might agree with you, IF this was being sold by the original seller/dealer/distributor in the 1900s. However, since it has been around for 100 years and passed to various different owners over that time, the J tube could have been reversed by someone in the past for some unknown reason... Who knows why people made changes to their machines...? In other words, the orientation of that J tube is merely circumstantial and doesn't indicate originality... at least in my opinion.soundgen wrote:The giveaway that it is a made up construction , probably using a "polyphon" or similar music box machine box sans mechanism and a DGAG cabinet gramophone is that the soundbox faces the wrong way , no original gramophone does that , does it ? should be in crapophone section
The soundbox is rather late looking - I wonder why no one has flagged it as incorrect?
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Re: What is this German gramophone..thing?
"The soundbox is rather late looking - I wonder why no one has flagged it as incorrect?"
True... possibly an upgrade or a replacement for a lost reproducer...
True... possibly an upgrade or a replacement for a lost reproducer...
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
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Yup. Easy fix.Curt A wrote:"The soundbox is rather late looking - I wonder why no one has flagged it as incorrect?"
True... possibly an upgrade or a replacement for a lost reproducer...
Again, I am wondering about the cabinet, and assemblage as a whole. It appears to be a rather high quality build, and the DGAG stamp is intriguing.