Perfecta Perophone

[vansteem78]

I bought this machine recently and would like any information. Its dealers plaque says it was sold by Miller & Son in Cambridge. They are now called Millers and are still in business. What company made these? Is it an English machine? How old would you say it is. Any information would be appreciated. The platter is 8 and one quarter inch and the horn is about twenty inches across. The wood base is about 12 inches square.

[epigramophone]

Perophone gramophones were a product of the Vernon Lockwood Manufacturing Company Limited of City Road, London, which had previously made player pianos.

A new company, Perophone Limited, was registered in about 1908. Their trademark was a greyhound backed by a large letter "L", maintaining the Lockwood connection.

Having said that, I do not see the trademark on your machine, so it is possible that only the soundbox is by Perophone.

The Micro-Perophone Chromogram cabinet models of the late 1920's are a particular interest of mine, and are described in another thread.

[vansteem78]

Thanks for the information. I did see another machine sold online in Britain with same sound box, connector to the horn, speed control and brake so don't know what that means but I suppose it is possible it, the machine, is mostly original.Also I found online Pathé Perfecta cylinder machines. Don't most companies own the names they use? If so is there a chance this disc Perfecta was made by Pathé? Come to think of it the Perfect record label was a Pathé product so I don't think it would be a stretch for them to then distribute a lateral machine using Perfecta? What do you all think?

[epigramophone]

I know of no connection between Perophone and Pathé.

The first lateral cut disc from Pathé was the Actuelle introduced in 1920, and the electrically recorded Pathé Perfect discs did not appear until 1927.