My portables

Teak · Post by **Teak** » Mon Sep 23, 2019 2:15 pm

Very rarely they are all out together, so I took a picture which I thought you might enjoy.

52089 · Post by **52089** » Mon Sep 23, 2019 2:36 pm

Great picture! How about identifying them?

Post by **poodling around** » Mon Sep 23, 2019 2:39 pm

Extremely pleased you did. Fantastic !

I only have four

Teak · Post by **Teak** » Mon Sep 23, 2019 2:49 pm

52089 wrote:Great picture! How about identifying them?

All machines pictured

back:
French G&T Monarque c1903
HMV 202 c1929
Edison Standard A 1898
Edison Spring Motor c1900
Pathé Graphophone c1898

mid:
HMV PAAO oak 1920
La Voix de son Maitre 100 oak 1924
HMV colonial, unnamed, unique big motored teak model 100
HMV 101 deluxe gold +protective case
HMV 101 colonial teak (rare sidewind)
HMV 112 colonial c1930
HMV 102 1934
HVV 114 colonial teak
HMV 119 possibly colonial (bandings)

front:
Columbia 175
Columbia 202 c1929
Sonora c1914
Decca 88 c1930

Post by **nostalgia** » Mon Sep 23, 2019 4:02 pm

Fantastic:))
Thanks a lot for sharing:))

AZ* · Post by AZ* » Mon Sep 23, 2019 5:44 pm

Cool! Thanks for posting.

Mine are packed away and rarely get the display time they deserve.

Steve Levi · Post by **Steve Levi** » Mon Sep 23, 2019 6:14 pm

Very impressive display! Thanks for posting. Steve L.

Post by **Marco Gilardetti** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 2:47 am

Glad to see there are other fellows who dig quality portable gramophones!

Do you perhaps know which are the differences between Columbia 163 and Columbia 175 models?

Post by **Inigo** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 2:35 pm

I own seven, but the two hmvs 101 and the 102 are the ones most used (when I took them from their corner just to play them an hour). With them therea Columbia 113a, which I now use less because its bad tracking angle makes me cringe. I'm on search to make an adaptor. The Diana is currently disassembled. The Brunswick Parisian was revised just last week. Also needs a motor repair. The Thorens is stored in the basement. It runs, but is a record eater. It also needs some improvement work...

Teak · Post by **Teak** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 2:35 pm

Marco Gilardetti wrote:Glad to see there are other fellows who dig quality portable gramophones!

Do you perhaps know which are the differences between Columbia 163 and Columbia 175 models?

The 175 was the higher-end version of the 163 with a double sprung motor. It was copied to become the 113a by the british columbia arm. It is much rarer than the 163 or the 113a, especially in europe.

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