Aurophonic

Discussions on Talking Machines & Accessories
Post Reply
jacksonHarb
Victor Jr
Posts: 1
Joined: Tue Jan 16, 2018 5:29 pm

Aurophonic

Post by jacksonHarb »

I picked up this Aurophonic at an antique shop for $8.00 this week. I have tried and tried to do some research on it and have come up with nothing was hoping maybe i could find some information here. The tag on it said 1930's, but that could've totally been speculation. It needs a little work, but couldn't pass up the looks for that price.
Attachments
QlCoX7dYRIyZLUyKl4ksYQ.jpg
KYqL6IwVTHCYB4Tt+F1Urg.jpg
V0KrHpmCSTai1LcbNfK2XA.jpg
ZNu0TTgySgKG%Q17D3p8vA.jpg
MW7m+LUrSeKG+xyzN9dlLw.jpg

User avatar
gramophone-georg
Victor VI
Posts: 3974
Joined: Mon Jan 20, 2014 11:55 pm
Personal Text: Northwest Of Normal
Location: Eugene/ Springfield Oregon USA

Re: Aurophonic

Post by gramophone-georg »

Interesting. Nice little machine.

The broken tone arm mount looks suspiciously like a Victor tabletop Orthophonic one. Could you take some close- ups?

General Industries in Elyria, if I'm not mistaken, also made those cute little Gen-Ola kiddie phonographs.

Nice and unusual machine.
"He who dies with the most shellac wins"- some nutty record geek

I got PTSD from Peter F's avatar

estott
Victor Monarch
Posts: 4172
Joined: Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:23 pm
Personal Text: I have good days...this might not be one of them
Location: Albany NY

Re: Aurophonic

Post by estott »

gramophone-georg wrote:Interesting. Nice little machine.

The broken tone arm mount looks suspiciously like a Victor tabletop Orthophonic one. Could you take some close- ups?

General Industries in Elyria, if I'm not mistaken, also made those cute little Gen-Ola kiddie phonographs.

Nice and unusual machine.
General Industries was part of Otto Heinemann's concern, they made Okeh & Meisselbach motors, and quite a lot more over the years. They were also related to Garford who built the Van-O-Phone.

http://www.morningjournal.com/article/M ... /160309850

User avatar
gramophone-georg
Victor VI
Posts: 3974
Joined: Mon Jan 20, 2014 11:55 pm
Personal Text: Northwest Of Normal
Location: Eugene/ Springfield Oregon USA

Re: Aurophonic

Post by gramophone-georg »

Great article- thanks!
"He who dies with the most shellac wins"- some nutty record geek

I got PTSD from Peter F's avatar

User avatar
De Soto Frank
Victor V
Posts: 2687
Joined: Wed Dec 01, 2010 1:27 pm
Location: Northeast Pennsylvania

Re: Aurophonic

Post by De Soto Frank »

There was a Garford Co. in Ohio (?) who also built big trucks and busses, in the Teens - Thirties.
De Soto Frank

estott
Victor Monarch
Posts: 4172
Joined: Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:23 pm
Personal Text: I have good days...this might not be one of them
Location: Albany NY

Re: Aurophonic

Post by estott »

De Soto Frank wrote:There was a Garford Co. in Ohio (?) who also built big trucks and buses, in the Teens - Thirties.
Arthur Garford was part of both firms

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Arthur_Garford

VanEpsFan1914
Victor VI
Posts: 3155
Joined: Fri Oct 06, 2017 11:39 am
Personal Text: I've got both kinds of music--classical & rag-time.
Location: South Carolina

Re: Aurophonic

Post by VanEpsFan1914 »

An absolutely stunning machine! Please do post pics and a video once you get it up and going.

OrthoFan
Victor V
Posts: 2178
Joined: Sat Jul 09, 2016 7:12 pm

Re: Aurophonic

Post by OrthoFan »

I'm wondering if that was made by Prime Manufacturing. I see some similarities between the Aurophonic and the Edison P-1 -- http://edisontinfoil.com/edisonp1.htm

OrthoFan

Post Reply