RE: Phonos

Discussions on Talking Machines & Accessories
Post Reply
phonocookie
Victor I
Posts: 115
Joined: Mon Feb 16, 2009 2:44 pm

RE: Phonos

Post by phonocookie »

Hi just picked this up. Who made it and what is it called? No decal nothing on the reproducer.
Attachments
DSCN1622.JPG
DSCN1623.JPG

AmberolaAndy
Victor V
Posts: 2417
Joined: Fri May 26, 2017 10:15 pm
Location: A small town near Omaha, Nebraska

Re: RE: Phonos

Post by AmberolaAndy »

It appears to be some sort of Columbia or Columbia client model.

User avatar
Lucius1958
Victor VI
Posts: 3935
Joined: Tue Dec 14, 2010 12:17 am
Location: Where there's "hamburger ALL OVER the highway"...

Re: RE: Phonos

Post by Lucius1958 »

BZH Hornless Talking Machine, built by Columbia. I have one that's similar.

You may find a paper label inside the case...

- Bill

User avatar
Phono-Phan
Victor V
Posts: 2465
Joined: Fri Apr 06, 2012 9:38 pm
Location: Plover, WI

Re: RE: Phonos

Post by Phono-Phan »

Nice machine.

VanEpsFan1914
Victor VI
Posts: 3165
Joined: Fri Oct 06, 2017 11:39 am
Personal Text: I've got both kinds of music--classical & rag-time.
Location: South Carolina

Re: RE: Phonos

Post by VanEpsFan1914 »

I had one of these little cuties at one time. The BZH is a client sold for Sears as an Oxford. I think someone said it was a 1912 to 1916 model.

The grill on mine was slightly different. Here is a picture of it--I did not have the whole machine together for some time; this was one I built out of two dead ones. One had a motor and platter but no tonearm; the other had a tonearm and precious little else. On mine the horns were sheet metal painted with oak grain. The No. 6 Columbia reproducer (unmarked) made it a loud & fine-sounding phonograph.

When I restored it I used it awhile & traded it for a floral paint job on the horn of my Columbia BN Graphophone. Then the other carcass (three planks and the iron back bracket, a busted horn, and a baseboard) turned into eventually a bit of oak to help fix a VV-IV with a crushed corner. The VV-IV really deserved a bit of help so I carved out the crunched part & transplanted a chunk of the Oxford. Filled, sanded, stained, and finished, and there's a bit of that dead machine living on in two functional ones.
DSC00005.JPG

phonocookie
Victor I
Posts: 115
Joined: Mon Feb 16, 2009 2:44 pm

Re: RE: Phonos

Post by phonocookie »

Thanks' everyone .

Post Reply