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Hello everyone, I am new here and I am hoping for some help. After extensive research I have still not been able to fond information on the origins and history of this gramophone that I have had for the past 20 years. It still plays well but the disc is not in the best of condition. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you in advance.

Here's some info ...
https://78rpm.club/gramophones/perfectaphone

https://grammophon-platten.de/print.php ... orum.35360

https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=4 ... =748&dpr=1

James.

Thank you very much James, i was hoping for more specific details of the model I have. In first picture you showed me, the one on the top looks really similar.
Maybe it is too old of a machine or not common enough to have more information? I am probably looking for a needle in a haystack with this lol

"...the disc is not in the best of condition." Have you been changing the needle with every play? Steel needles are good for one play only. If you've been playing that record for 20 years with the same needle, that would explain the wear.

drh wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:09 pm "...the disc is not in the best of condition." Have you been changing the needle with every play? Steel needles are good for one play only. If you've been playing that record for 20 years with the same needle, that would explain the wear.

Also, what are you using for a needle? What's shown in your picture does not really resemble a proper phonograph needle.

Thank you for your help everyone. Although yhe needle and the quality pf the musin wasn’t my question I do appreciate the insight. I will try to seek out a professional appraisers help. Thanks again.

"I will try to seek out a professional appraisers help."

What do you need an appraisal for - value, or information? The value is less than $500...

"... a professional appraiser's help"

If value is what you're ultimately trying to establish, it's very possible that a professional appraisal will cost you more than the value of the machine. It's also a near guarantee that they will know less about the machine than those of us here. In all fairness to those who have tried to help you, your pictures are terrible. Try posting a few shots of the whole machine, not just close ups of details. Since this is apparently of European manufacture, you may also try posting your questions in the "British & European Machines" heading, viewforum.php?f=11

Best of luck in your search.

It's a European/British off-brand machine common of the 1915-1930 period. A professional appraisal is going to cost more than its overall value, outside retail it would be around $250 US. (Even in a retail setting it'd be less than $500.)

I think the origin of the machine is here

Coordinates: 46°49′N 06°30′E

Motor made by Mermod Frères.

Sorry, but a fairly common tabletop machine. As another contributor alluded to, an appraiser may charge a large part of the value of the machine.