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Can you identify this machine?
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cheryla
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Can you identify this machine?
This machine came in today for restoration, illegible return address label, no paperwork inside...sigh. No labels on the machine and the horn is metal , Victrola No. 2 reproducer. What is it? An English Victor ?
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phonolamplighter
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Re: Can you identify this machine?
That trademark badge looks very similar to the Gramophone & Typewriter Ltd. trademark, Cherub on a record.
There are also several record labels with a similar design.
Good Luck. Hope you can track down the owner!
There are also several record labels with a similar design.
Good Luck. Hope you can track down the owner!
Ed and Nancy
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Curt A
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Re: Can you identify this machine?
Whatever it is, it's an interesting one...
"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
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
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gramophone78
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Re: Can you identify this machine?
Nice, you may have better luck posting this in our UK & European section. You will find several threads on this model there.
Hope that helps.
Hope that helps.
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Roaring20s
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jamiegramo
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Re: Can you identify this machine?
What a great thing to find! Perhaps you can’t return it with no sender given! This is a Deluxe II from around 1907-10. It is the overseas version of the top of the range G&T New Melba. The difference being that the festoons on the New Melba are wood and on the Deluxe II they are ormolu. On your pictures they appear ormolu rather than painted wood? The Recording Angel plaque mounted on the motor board suggests this was sold by the German branch of the family, Deutsche Grammophon.
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Kevin Clark
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Re: Can you identify this machine?
Looks like a G & T Melba
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Re: Can you identify this machine?
This machine is worth serious money, and it's owner should have taken more care with the paperwork when sending it to you.
As you cannot contact the owner, my advice would be to wait until they contact you, and meanwhile do no work on the machine. There have been cases where machines have been left with restorers and never been collected or paid for.
As you cannot contact the owner, my advice would be to wait until they contact you, and meanwhile do no work on the machine. There have been cases where machines have been left with restorers and never been collected or paid for.
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cheryla
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Re: Can you identify this machine?
The owner contacted us and apologized for not enclosing information, but we have it now. It’s been in the family for generations. Thanks for your help, he was delighted to learn about it and stated he also has the matching pedestal!
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Re: Can you identify this machine?
Gramophone Co. De Luxe catalogue June 1908 lists it as The New Melba
Spanish cataloque January 1909 of the Cia. Francesa del Gramophone lists it as modelo Monarch 13E de Gran Lujo (no mention of the Melba name)
Inigo