Here in the States we occasionally see the all brass Victor #24B horn. Did HMV sell other sizes of the all brass Flower horn? If so, what sizes? Can someone post a photo? I asked this question before but didn't get a clear response or a photo.
Thanks, Jerry B.
HMV All Brass Victor Flower Horn Question
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Re: HMV All Brass Victor Flower Horn Question
Hi Jerry,
I have only ever seen the brass morning glory horn in the large size, made for the Gramo Co. Senior Monarch 12" inch turntable machines (the Victor V & Vl equivalents). Apparently unused stock was used up on Zonophone machines when HMV stopped using them. Back in the 1980's quite a few repros of these were being imported here from India. The repros were available in 3 sizes but I was informed, by a specialist who was selling them, that only the large size was really correct for any UK machine as that was the only size originally used here.
As I recall the Indian repros were quite good and I wish I had one of the senior sized ones now! I can see them now stacked up like paper cups! I wonder where they are all now...
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I have only ever seen the brass morning glory horn in the large size, made for the Gramo Co. Senior Monarch 12" inch turntable machines (the Victor V & Vl equivalents). Apparently unused stock was used up on Zonophone machines when HMV stopped using them. Back in the 1980's quite a few repros of these were being imported here from India. The repros were available in 3 sizes but I was informed, by a specialist who was selling them, that only the large size was really correct for any UK machine as that was the only size originally used here.
As I recall the Indian repros were quite good and I wish I had one of the senior sized ones now! I can see them now stacked up like paper cups! I wonder where they are all now...
Jamie
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Re: HMV All Brass Victor Flower Horn Question
Here's a better image, than the one I posted before, of famous Edwardian actress Phyllis Dare and her G&T Monarch Senior. She may well have kept company with a few Monarchs... pretty girl. So here's an original brass MG as sold in Britain.
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That's a nice looking old phonograph, and though Miss Dare was very pretty, does anyone else think her hair makes her look like Princess Leia?
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Re: HMV All Brass Victor Flower Horn Question
Thanks for the replies. Early in my collecting years in the late seventies we traveled to Victoria, BC for a vacation. I stumbled on an antique shop that had a nice selection of machines. I remember seeing a red Gem with a large carriage and a mid-sized HMV with an all brass horn. The horn had patina so I assumed it was original. I remember it being about the size of a #19 Flower horn. But that's a forty year memory and it must be a bit faulty. I should have purchased both the E Gem and the HMV but I didn't.
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What's the link to the one on eBay.de ?
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