Oedipus wrote: ↑Fri Apr 16, 2021 9:14 am
L & Co refers to the foundry that cast this turntable. (I don't know who they were). They also supplied Collaro. Judging by the speed control this is not a British motor, but it is not unknown for imported motors to be fitted with British turntables. I can't find any reference to Oraphone -- there was a trade mark registered in 1905 called Orophone, from an address in Victoria Street, London SW, but it was removed from the Register in 1919.
Thank you Oedipus, I really do appreciate your interesting information.
I understand that Collaro was quite a large and respected company.
Photographs of the motor below - a nice, simple, early, single spring - my favourite as they are so easy to repair (and looking at the spring barrel it looks like someone has repaired this before !). Unless there are markings hidden under / 'facing' the board, the only apparent markings are the number 3/33.