Somewhere in France?

Discussions on Talking Machines of British or European Manufacture
Post Reply
User avatar
epigramophone
Victor Monarch Special
Posts: 5253
Joined: Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:21 pm
Personal Text: An analogue relic trapped in a digital world.
Location: The Somerset Levels, UK.

Somewhere in France?

Post by epigramophone »

If like me you are already fed up with Winter, which here in Somerset has so far been abnormally wet, cheer yourself up with a look at this pre-war beach scene. A family gathering with a picnic, a gramophone and enough wine to keep everyone happy.
Attachments
France.jpg

User avatar
poodling around
Victor V
Posts: 2192
Joined: Tue Feb 20, 2018 11:52 am

Re: Somewhere in France?

Post by poodling around »

epigramophone wrote: Wed Dec 06, 2023 4:28 am If like me you are already fed up with Winter, which here in Somerset has so far been abnormally wet, cheer yourself up with a look at this pre-war beach scene. A family gathering with a picnic, a gramophone and enough wine to keep everyone happy.

I notice that there may be some kind of triangular shaped material at the front of the raised area which might represent something ?

I like the man on the left hand side - he reminds me of a 'swashbuckler' from 'the old days !

Maybe an HMV portable gramophone ?

User avatar
epigramophone
Victor Monarch Special
Posts: 5253
Joined: Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:21 pm
Personal Text: An analogue relic trapped in a digital world.
Location: The Somerset Levels, UK.

Re: Somewhere in France?

Post by epigramophone »

The lid stay is on the wrong side for an HMV101, and pre-war 102's did not have plated case corners. Some Pathé portables had a stud inside the lid which held records through their centre holes. The fixing for that may be what we see on the outside of the lid.
Here is a typical example :
Attachments
stud.jpg
stud.jpg (14.86 KiB) Viewed 422 times

User avatar
Curt A
Victor Monarch Special
Posts: 6477
Joined: Fri Jul 09, 2010 8:32 pm
Personal Text: Needle Tins are Addictive
Location: Belmont, North Carolina

Re: Somewhere in France?

Post by Curt A »

The scene looks to be the area near Nice, France - looking toward Eze... a beautiful place.
"The phonograph† is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.

"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife

Pascal 34
Victor Jr
Posts: 5
Joined: Tue Nov 07, 2023 6:10 am
Personal Text: passionné de phonographes et de disques shelac

Re: Somewhere in France?

Post by Pascal 34 »

Bonjour à tous.
Il semble bien que j'ai le même que sur la photo d'épigramophone :D
Un appareil très courant ici...
Amicalement.
Pascal.
20231201_102042.jpg

User avatar
Curt A
Victor Monarch Special
Posts: 6477
Joined: Fri Jul 09, 2010 8:32 pm
Personal Text: Needle Tins are Addictive
Location: Belmont, North Carolina

Re: Somewhere in France?

Post by Curt A »

Translation:
Hello everyone.

It seems that I have the same as in the epigramophone photo

A very common device here...

Friendly.
"The phonograph† is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.

"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife

Post Reply