Reklamophon
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2018 5:27 pm
Hi Everyone! I'm a new member to the forum. Search for Reklamophon revealed zero matches, so I started a new topic. Reklamophon-, Sprech- und Musikwerke was a business of Otto Schöne from Dresden, Germany. According to the c.1906 catalog the models were: Tell, Record, Triumph, Luxus, Mozart, Undine, Tannhäuser, and the magnificent triple horn Lohegrin.
At the moment I got two models in my collection: the Tell and Mozart I. The Tell is nearly a finished project. It is a very primitive machine (similar to Thorens Bijou) with a clock work mechanism and is wound up through a hole in the turntable. The key is not original, but a generic Swiss/German one from the same period and I also machined a new record clamp from brass(needs to me nickeled) as the original was missing.
The other Reklamophon in my collection is a Mozart coin operated machine. Or at least it once was. At the moment it is missing the coin operating parts inside the box. It seems that most of these coin operated gramophones were converted to work without coins after they were withdrawn from service in cafes etc. public places.Luckily this one still has the tonearm mechanism in place. My Mozart in the pictures is still running the wrong motor, turntable and shouldn't have the mechanical brake on the top of the case, but I have a plan to restore the machine back to the factory specs. I have already managed to locate the correct bottom mounted motor from Germany and now I'm looking for information about the coin operated parts. Has any one here got a similar machine? Some of the Mammut coin operated machines use the same tonearm configuration and probably utilize similar parts inside? If I had photos of the missing parts, I could re-manufacture them and make this machine work again with Kaiserreich 10 Pfenning coins! The superb copy of the original catalog is from Joern at www.sprechapparate.de.
Regards
Jaso
At the moment I got two models in my collection: the Tell and Mozart I. The Tell is nearly a finished project. It is a very primitive machine (similar to Thorens Bijou) with a clock work mechanism and is wound up through a hole in the turntable. The key is not original, but a generic Swiss/German one from the same period and I also machined a new record clamp from brass(needs to me nickeled) as the original was missing.
The other Reklamophon in my collection is a Mozart coin operated machine. Or at least it once was. At the moment it is missing the coin operating parts inside the box. It seems that most of these coin operated gramophones were converted to work without coins after they were withdrawn from service in cafes etc. public places.Luckily this one still has the tonearm mechanism in place. My Mozart in the pictures is still running the wrong motor, turntable and shouldn't have the mechanical brake on the top of the case, but I have a plan to restore the machine back to the factory specs. I have already managed to locate the correct bottom mounted motor from Germany and now I'm looking for information about the coin operated parts. Has any one here got a similar machine? Some of the Mammut coin operated machines use the same tonearm configuration and probably utilize similar parts inside? If I had photos of the missing parts, I could re-manufacture them and make this machine work again with Kaiserreich 10 Pfenning coins! The superb copy of the original catalog is from Joern at www.sprechapparate.de.
Regards
Jaso