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No. 8 but no other maker mark etc.

Thank you for any id you can give.

Decca No 8

It went under the Maestrophonic brand. It is swiss made.

Thank you both very much for the information.

One of the best soundboxes ever! (also one of the ugliest)

Phono48 wrote:One of the best soundboxes ever! (also one of the ugliest)

Oh, that is very good to hear - except it is missing the needle screw so it may be difficult to play anything sadly.

I make my own bamboo needles though so if I make one extra wide perhaps it will work ...

Teak wrote:It went under the Maestrophonic brand. It is swiss made.

yes but it is a Decca 8 as it has no badging ! And Decca front panel

these have Maestrophonic front and badging

poodling around wrote:

Phono48 wrote:One of the best soundboxes ever! (also one of the ugliest)

Oh, that is very good to hear - except it is missing the needle screw so it may be difficult to play anything sadly.

I make my own bamboo needles though so if I make one extra wide perhaps it will work ...

needle screw available on Ebay

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gramophone-s ... SwWKtUrqBc

Decca never made their own soundboxes. Even those bearing the Decca name were bought in from other manufacturers. The No.8 was made by Paillard.

After WW2 Decca acquired the rights to the excellent Meltrope soundbox, which was then badged as a Decca and fitted to many of their post war portables.

epigramophone wrote:Decca never made their own soundboxes. Even those bearing the Decca name were bought in from other manufacturers. The No.8 was made by Paillard.

After WW2 Decca acquired the rights to the excellent Meltrope soundbox, which was then badged as a Decca and fitted to many of their post war portables.

Thank you very much,

Do you have any idea please as to when our sound box may have been made please I wonder ?