phonodesbois wrote:
JerryVan wrote:
It's a Zonophone crank. I don't know for what model. The knob however should be wood. The thing I can't tell from your photos is if the rest of the crank is also a nicely made reproduction. Any signs of nickle plating? If you look into the end of the crank, can you see a cross pin, that would engage with a Zonophone motor shaft?
It does have the pin, signs of nickle plating and the brass knob is original.
Given its size, I think that Curt is right and that it is a Symphonion crank (music box as their gramophone were small and rather fragile) ;
Thanks all for your input,
Jeff
Well then, if the brass knob is original, as you believe, then no, it wouldn't be for a Zonophone. Then again, I've never seen a brass knob on a Symphonion either, but I guess I probably have not "seen it all". Any Symphonion crank that I
have seen seems to have a more slender "S" curve and a shaft with a much shorter, large diameter section. Also, a very different knob, be it brass or wood. That brass knob looks very much like a Zonophone shape. Personally, I doubt that it's original, but you have it in front of you, to look at closely, and I do not.