Hello,
A friend of mine stumbled upon this machine recently, which appears to be an electric Brunswick Cortez. Does anyone have any information on this model? Do they sound good?
I really shouldn't pursue this, but would love to have a bit more information before deciding to pass it along or not.
Best,
Garret
An Electric Brunswick Cortez?
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An Electric Brunswick Cortez?
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Re: An Electric Brunswick Cortez
That doesn't look like a Brunswick reproducer, but I have never seen an electric Cortez, so I don't know. Is it acoustic except for the turntable?
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Re: An Electric Brunswick Cortez?
It's not a reproducer, it's a pickup, and yes it's a Brunswick pickup, and yes it's a Cortez electric phonograph. Brunswick was well known for its electric Panatropes and this is one of them with the RCA stovepipe amplifier. I once owned both an acoustic Panatrope P-9 and an electronic Panatrope P-9 with that same amp. I'd like to see what the horn looks like. The horn looks very distorted from the back!
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Re: An Electric Brunswick Cortez?
Does anyone know how one of these machines sound when restored? Did it have a model number?
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Re: An Electric Brunswick Cortez?
I can't speak for how this particular Cortez would sound with the electric pickup but I can tell you that the Brunswick Cortez with its original acoustic reproducer produces lovely sound. Listen to mine here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_mFmSsDopM and here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svqhU9TEnAs. Mine is completely unrestored and still sounds fantastic. I would think that the one being considered here would sound great when restored properly.Garret wrote:Does anyone know how one of these machines sound when restored? Did it have a model number?
And, yes, "MODEL CORTEZ" appears on the circular ID plate on all Cortez models that I've seen.
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Re: An Electric Brunswick Cortez?
This is not a Cortez, it is a P-14, which shares the Cortez'cabinet. It uses a simple amplifier, a Baldwin balanced armature driver and a moulded horn. These machines are very scarce. They turn up far less frequently than the Cortez. They color the sound much like an Electrola 8-60 in electric mode. Interesting. Can be impressive, but not to everyone's taste.
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Re: An Electric Brunswick Cortez?
Always the expert. Thank you, Bob!Uncle Vanya wrote:This is not a Cortez, it is a P-14, which shares the Cortez'cabinet. It uses a simple amplifier, a Baldwin balanced armature driver and a moulded horn. These machines are very scarce. They turn up far less frequently than the Cortez. They color the sound much like an Electrola 8-60 in electric mode. Interesting. Can be impressive, but not to everyone's taste.
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Re: An Electric Brunswick Cortez?
That P-14 amplifier looks nothing like the P-14 I had or what is shown in the service literature.
The original P-14 did not have a UV-876 ballast tube. Mine had neither the big ballast tube or the transformer mounted on the top.
I wonder if this is factory or modified after.
The original P-14 did not have a UV-876 ballast tube. Mine had neither the big ballast tube or the transformer mounted on the top.
I wonder if this is factory or modified after.
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Re: An Electric Brunswick Cortez?
You have better eyes than I do. That picture is too tiny to see much.marcapra wrote:It's not a reproducer, it's a pickup, and yes it's a Brunswick pickup, and yes it's a Cortez electric phonograph. Brunswick was well known for its electric Panatropes and this is one of them with the RCA stovepipe amplifier. I once owned both an acoustic Panatrope P-9 and an electronic Panatrope P-9 with that same amp. I'd like to see what the horn looks like. The horn looks very distorted from the back!
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Re: An Electric Brunswick Cortez?
Looking at it again it looks like there is a much newer 5 pin tube down on the left side.
This would not have been used in the original design. It might not even be a UV-876 under the cooling stack.
This would not have been used in the original design. It might not even be a UV-876 under the cooling stack.