Vulgaphone

Post by **epigramophone** » Wed Jan 10, 2024 4:39 am

The c.1930's advertisement for this unfortunately named machine is widely published on line, but that appears to be all the information that is available about it unless anyone here knows more....

Post by **poodling around** » Wed Jan 10, 2024 4:44 pm

epigramophone wrote: ↑Wed Jan 10, 2024 4:39 am The c.1930's advertisement for this unfortunately named machine is widely published on line, but that appears to be all the information that is available about it unless anyone here knows more....

I found some information on this web page:

https://forum.retrotechnique.org/t/lebr ... ga/88004/3

I translated it (well my web searching thing did) and I copied some information (photographs below).

This other web page was mentioned:

https://www.doctsf.com/vulga/m2292/d=m

Maybe then it was sold to cafes, cinemas and other places paying customers frequented ?

Post by **epigramophone** » Thu Jan 11, 2024 11:26 am

Very interesting research. So it seems to have been aimed at public venues such as cinemas, cafes and dance halls.
Dominion Gramophone Records (Foreign and Colonial) Ltd offered "The Phantom Orchestra" which catered for the same market, but in addition to playing records it could also play "films upon which sound has been photographed". Presumably it only reproduced the soundtrack. I have never found a picture of one, but here is an advertisement for it :

Post by **poodling around** » Thu Jan 11, 2024 12:34 pm

epigramophone wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 11:26 am Very interesting research. So it seems to have been aimed at public venues such as cinemas, cafes and dance halls.
Dominion Gramophone Records (Foreign and Colonial) Ltd offered "The Phantom Orchestra" which catered for the same market, but in addition to playing records it could also play "films upon which sound has been photographed". Presumably it only reproduced the soundtrack. I have never found a picture of one, but here is an advertisement for it :

Very interesting indeed.

(I think) I have found a little information about 'The Phantom Orchestra' - You may already be aware of course but I copy a few things on here just in case:

Page links:

https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Wirele ... -06-21.pdf

https://launcestonthen.co.uk/index.php/ ... on-cinema/

https://silentlondon.co.uk/tag/may-2011/

https://dokumen.pub/film-music-critical ... 67810.html

Here are some (hopefully) relevant 'snippets'. A very intriguing machine.

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