What is this machine being wound by Getty on the BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b ... rt-dynasty
What is this machine being wound by Getty on the BBC
-
- Victor VI
- Posts: 3001
- Joined: Mon May 13, 2013 2:04 pm
- Contact:
What is this machine being wound by Getty on the BBC
- Attachments
-
- a getty.JPG (19.59 KiB) Viewed 1140 times
-
- Victor III
- Posts: 653
- Joined: Thu Aug 13, 2009 5:51 am
Re: What is this machine being wound by Getty on the BBC
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
- Victor VI
- Posts: 3935
- Joined: Tue Dec 14, 2010 12:17 am
- Location: Where there's "hamburger ALL OVER the highway"...
Re: What is this machine being wound by Getty on the BBC
Very odd: what gramophone had a flywheel on the crank?
Bill
Bill
-
- Victor Monarch Special
- Posts: 5227
- Joined: Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:21 pm
- Personal Text: An analogue relic trapped in a digital world.
- Location: The Somerset Levels, UK.
Re: What is this machine being wound by Getty on the BBC
This machine was part of the EMI Collection which was dispersed in 1980, hence the old catalogue picture.Lucius1958 wrote:Very odd: what gramophone had a flywheel on the crank?
Bill
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.
-
- Victor IV
- Posts: 1523
- Joined: Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:07 pm
- Location: Lille, France
Re: What is this machine being wound by Getty on the BBC
I thought that the EMI Collection is still at Hayes, Middlesex?
Best,
Garret
Best,
Garret
- alang
- VTLA
- Posts: 3115
- Joined: Thu Aug 19, 2010 9:36 am
- Personal Text: TMF Moderator
- Location: Delaware
Re: What is this machine being wound by Getty on the BBC
No, it was auctioned off. You can still find the auction catalogs and reproductions of them relatively frequently on eBay.Garret wrote:I thought that the EMI Collection is still at Hayes, Middlesex?
Best,
Garret
Andreas
-
- Victor IV
- Posts: 1523
- Joined: Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:07 pm
- Location: Lille, France
Re: What is this machine being wound by Getty on the BBC
So what was great about the EMI collection, and what is the collection at the EMI archives at Hayes, then?
Garret
Garret
-
- Victor Monarch Special
- Posts: 5227
- Joined: Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:21 pm
- Personal Text: An analogue relic trapped in a digital world.
- Location: The Somerset Levels, UK.
Re: What is this machine being wound by Getty on the BBC
The EMI collection was considered to be one of the finest of it's kind in Europe and possibly the world.Garret wrote:So what was great about the EMI collection, and what is the collection at the EMI archives at Hayes, then?
Garret
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.