Brought My HMV 1A Automatic home from my shop last Friday.

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Brought My HMV 1A Automatic home from my shop last Friday.

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Brought My HMV 1A Automatic Gramophone home from my workshop last Friday.

HMV 1A Automatic Gramophone 1928.

Jack Hylton Orchestra:

You may want to turn you system volume down about ¼.

Rock-A-Bye Baby (Fox-Trot) B.5544 (Recorded 1928) - 10" record

Grinzing C.2856 (Recorded 1936) - 12" record
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Wonderful sound and remarkable mechanism!
Thanks for the video!
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His Master's Voice Automatic 1A Exponential Gramophone Demonstration:
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Gorgeous! Another kind of record slinger... Lori, can I have one!?

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and it has a clever way to regulate voltage for U.K. and U.S. markets

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Here are what the resistor banks look like. Can be run on line voltages from 40 to 260 AC or DC.

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Very cool! Thanks for sharing!
Cliff's Vintage Music Shoppe, Castle Rock, WA
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