What is this machine being wound by Getty on the BBC

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What is this machine being wound by Getty on the BBC

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b ... rt-dynasty

[Sidewinder]

The horn is for an Edison Opera - so maybe the Getty's have an Edison Opera with a very odd horn attached? The machine itself looks European.

[Lucius1958]

Very odd: what gramophone had a flywheel on the crank?

Bill

[epigramophone]

Very odd: what gramophone had a flywheel on the crank?

Bill

This machine was part of the EMI Collection which was dispersed in 1980, hence the old catalogue picture.
It was sold by J.de Hoog & Co. of Gravenhage, Holland, who used bought in components which they assembled into their own cases.
It had a very large double spring motor, and the crank incorporated a flywheel to assist winding.

I wonder where the machine is now?

Roger.

[Garret]

I thought that the EMI Collection is still at Hayes, Middlesex?

Best,

Garret

[alang]

I thought that the EMI Collection is still at Hayes, Middlesex?

Best,

Garret

No, it was auctioned off. You can still find the auction catalogs and reproductions of them relatively frequently on eBay.

Andreas

[Garret]

So what was great about the EMI collection, and what is the collection at the EMI archives at Hayes, then?

Garret

[epigramophone]

So what was great about the EMI collection, and what is the collection at the EMI archives at Hayes, then?

Garret

The EMI collection was considered to be one of the finest of it's kind in Europe and possibly the world.
It was assembled primarily from two sources, firstly the machines made by The Gramophone Company and secondly a large private collection purchased by EMI in 1974. The sale in 1980 was conducted by Christie's of London.

There is a collection of machines in the EMI archive, which also houses every record ever made by EMI, a vast photographic library, letters, documents and catalogues. It is a detailed history of the company in words and pictures.