Horn gramophones to identify and discuss

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This horn gramophone landed on my doorstep today. It is a miracle it survived the post handling, separated in two boxes, but it did.
What is there to say? A Swiss double spring motor, with a french Pathé tonearm/soundbox. What do you make of it?

A few more photos added, during cleaning...it is complete, apart from the rubber insulation around the sound box that needs to be replaced.
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Looks nivel and interesting... Surely it will work very well... We're eager to see the results of your overhauling...
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The motor and probably the entire machine are by Thorens, but the horn is probably not the original.
The similar Model 330 "Cristal" pictured below is from the 1914 Thorens catalogue.
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I started to look around me in my kitchen, when cleaning this horn gramohone...then I suddenly realized...
The same horn model, the same horn, also with a Pathé sound box and tone arm...next to me. :mrgreen:
The one in my kitchen, that I had there for a year now, is only more well preserved, and possibly with a different type of wood, since the wood
on this newly acquired machine is more reddish.

PS. Handle is the same type on both machines, just off on the photos for photo taking.

Thanks for the uploaded graphics, Roger. It looks pretty similar, even if it also has differences.
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