Model 1, I could not find it on the forum, and again add it for reference. The model number itself makes it interesting to own it.
I was on a gramophone trip yesterday, and paid for this up front two weeks ago, and collected it yesterday. It was not expensive, and I wanted to save it from
someone possibly going to have fun with it etc.
I checked with the HMG book, to verify the model number. It has an early internal threaded early winding handle, wooden horn, letter code is LBO, where I remember L stands for Hornless, O for oak..and B....? It also has the second edition of the Exhibition soundbox.
Manufacturing year..before 1918 I would presume, because of the soundbox and maybe even pre 1915 taking into consideration the winding handle. Maybe someone can pinpoint it more.
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Aha. So you found one of the rarer variants of this model. I have several No. 1's and one of mine is similar to yours. Its a real train spotting thing but I wonder if anyone can spot the odd anomaly here? Well done!
PS - where was the original retailer based? That's possibly a clue!
PS - where was the original retailer based? That's possibly a clue!
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Inigo, I need glasses.
Steve..please explain "train spotting", for us non English speakers.
Anomaly...I was at first expecting a canon break, but they stopped using them around 1912 I guess.
The Dennison speed control fits the 1914 production...
The anomaly...looking forward to know about it!
The retailer was based in a small Norwegian town, the plaque here tells about it...Gjøvik Norway.
Steve..please explain "train spotting", for us non English speakers.
Anomaly...I was at first expecting a canon break, but they stopped using them around 1912 I guess.
The Dennison speed control fits the 1914 production...
The anomaly...looking forward to know about it!
The retailer was based in a small Norwegian town, the plaque here tells about it...Gjøvik Norway.
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Ok.......train spotting is a term sometimes used as a pejorative term in Britain to describe the often dull and boring activity of learned people who pour over the minutiae of very specialised subject matter.
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People otherwise known in English slang as "anoraks". The word originates from the Greenlandic "annoraaq".
It's original meaning was and still is a type of hooded coat. Not a Scandinavian word, but close .
It's original meaning was and still is a type of hooded coat. Not a Scandinavian word, but close .
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If you haven’t already guessed it the motor board isn’t a single piece construction but made from 4 mitred jointed sections with square central piece
As far as I know this detail only exists in export models or tropical variants on the small Model 1.
I have a colonial version with fitted teak trunk.
As far as I know this detail only exists in export models or tropical variants on the small Model 1.
I have a colonial version with fitted teak trunk.
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Thanks for sharing that, Steve. I had no idea there was an export version of this machine.
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