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Cylinder and 7" record player in one, mystery machine

Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 10:04 am
by snallast
I am looking into buying this little mystery machine... what can anyone tell me about it? From the design it looks both a little "early G & T and Zonophone" style, the motor seems to power both cylinder and turntable. What would the soundboxes have been?
I find no trademarks anywhere but still the machine doesnt look like a one off? Any and all comments welcome!
Snal

Re: Cylinder and 7" record player in one, mystery machine

Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 10:06 am
by HisMastersVoice
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Re: Cylinder and 7" record player in one, mystery machine

Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 10:17 am
by edisonplayer
I read about this machine in From Tinfoil To Stereo.edisonplayer

Re: Cylinder and 7" record player in one, mystery machine

Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 10:17 am
by Jerry B.
Wowsers! I love it! Spectacular! :mrgreen:

Jerry Blais

Re: Cylinder and 7" record player in one, mystery machine

Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 10:20 am
by alang
Wow, what an interesting little machine! There was a thread here a while ago with pictures of an incomplete one if I remember correctly. Great to see a (mostly?) complete machine here. And thanks to Brandon for posting the Ad. This machine would look great in any collection.

Andreas

Re: Cylinder and 7" record player in one, mystery machine

Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 10:20 am
by soundgen
Hen's teeth 1 :shock:

Re: Cylinder and 7" record player in one, mystery machine

Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 10:39 am
by fran604g
Very informative to see an extant rare machine, and Bradon's advert in the same thread! :)

Best,
Fran

Re: Cylinder and 7" record player in one, mystery machine

Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 11:50 pm
by Lucius1958
Wow! :o

I had never seen a machine like this, except in my dreams. Is there supposed to be some attachment to raise the turntable, as in the advertisement?

Bill

Re: Cylinder and 7" record player in one, mystery machine

Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 11:52 pm
by Lucius1958
HisMastersVoice wrote:
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I wish I could enlarge that ad, so I could read the text...

Bill

Re: Cylinder and 7" record player in one, mystery machine

Posted: Tue May 08, 2018 6:32 am
by fonografica
snallast wrote:I am looking into buying this little mystery machine... what can anyone tell me about it? From the design it looks both a little "early G & T and Zonophone" style, the motor seems to power both cylinder and turntable. What would the soundboxes have been?
I find no trademarks anywhere but still the machine doesnt look like a one off? Any and all comments welcome!
Snal
Your machine is missing the reproducer carriage which you can see on the picture below.