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- Fri Mar 05, 2021 1:48 pm
- Forum: eBay & Craigslist Alerts
- Topic: Portelec Phonocone on UK Ebay
- Replies: 2
- Views: 36
Re: Portelec Phonocone on UK Ebay
This looks unusual, maybe a combination of record player and pancake maker!
- Wed Mar 03, 2021 12:15 pm
- Forum: Music
- Topic: Disco Grammofono Vs. La Voce Del Padrone
- Replies: 6
- Views: 111
Re: Disco Grammofono Vs. La Voce Del Padrone
It would be interesting to know if Germany, France, Spain and Italy converged to the respective translations of "His Master's Voice" with some coordination more or less around the same years, but honestly I don't know. Ciao, Marco! The change in France was in the 30s, from disque Gramopho...
- Sun Feb 28, 2021 11:08 am
- Forum: British & European Machines
- Topic: PAPER HORN "BALMAIN"
- Replies: 145
- Views: 9369
Re: PAPER HORN "BALMAIN"
Congrqtulations for the excellent result, Alastair! Very good-looking horn, and well constructed. About the floating part, some modern turntable arms did not have bearings, but were built floating on a quite dense and viscous silicon oil tub and balanced from the top with threads. Maybe this could b...
- Wed Feb 10, 2021 1:43 pm
- Forum: British & European Machines
- Topic: So what's the story on this Parlophon?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 763
Re: So what's the story on this Parlophon?
It is a legitimate machine, but the seller only accepts bank transfers, which would not be a prudent thing to do. There is not even a town in the seller info, it only indicates Germany. Caveat emptor.
- Sun Feb 07, 2021 5:11 am
- Forum: British & European Machines
- Topic: What's that tatty thing on the wall
- Replies: 6
- Views: 386
Re: What's that tatty thing on the wall
Lumière diaphragm (or what's left of it after a cat fight)?
- Fri Feb 05, 2021 5:54 pm
- Forum: British & European Machines
- Topic: Fanola Portable Gramophone
- Replies: 14
- Views: 421
Re: Fanola Portable Gramophone
Very interesting machine indeed! The fan resembles the Lumière diaphragm, with the needle connection directly to the center of the fan, differing in that the Lumière utilizes a wooden rod as link between the paper center and the needle. The name on the label suggests an English machine, quite unique...
- Fri Feb 05, 2021 2:50 am
- Forum: Machines
- Topic: Very unusual use for a disc phonograph
- Replies: 5
- Views: 481
Re: Very unusual use for a disc phonograph
Buster Keaton, the genius! A burning movie!
- Tue Feb 02, 2021 4:16 pm
- Forum: Music
- Topic: Autographed Columbia Record?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 339
Re: Autographed Columbia Record?
Victor had also at least one autographed record, see viewtopic.php?f=3&t=46130
- Tue Feb 02, 2021 4:06 pm
- Forum: Machines
- Topic: New Video Series - 5000 Series
- Replies: 10
- Views: 509
Re: New Video Series - 5000 Series
It is a nice informative video and an ambitious undertaking! For the future videos, I suggest you remove the ¨pop¨ sound everytime an info card appears. This way we can sway to the hula with no distractions.
- Sun Jan 31, 2021 1:58 pm
- Forum: British & European Machines
- Topic: Burger Gramophones
- Replies: 3
- Views: 235
Re: Burger Gramophones
DRGM is the German intellectual property registry.