Can you ID this gramophone?

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Re: Can you ID this gramophone?

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Another different manufacturer / Badge ? How many makers were there does anyone Know ?

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Re: Can you ID this gramophone?

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The badge on my machine has been translated (not by me) and reads :

"Pathéphone Factory, Molotov."

I understand that in Russia "Pathéphone" is a generic name for a gramophone, and implies no connection with Pathé Frères.

The "bent wire" record carrier on my machine is crude but effective, and cannot go missing like the 102's detachable tray.

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epigramophone wrote: As to copyright infringement, these Russian machines are from the era of Stalin, and I doubt that any threats from EMI's legal department would have had much impact!

"How many tanks does EMI have?" :twisted:

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Just out of interest, does anyone elses Russian machine suffer from a noisy automatic brake? About two thirds of the way through a record, the "clicking" sound as the autobrake lever is knocked back becomes annoyingly loud. There is a spring adjustment on the brake mechanism, but it seems to make no difference. I assume that it should be set so that the actuating arm is loose enough to allow it to be knocked back for a few revolutions, but still tight enough to allow the brake to be carried across by the movement of the arm.

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Post by estott »

The clicking sound is the relay for the KGB secret microphone

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