Two Brazilian gramophones restored by me.
Yes, we have national gramophones, manufactured by Casa Edison, a traditional phonograph and record trading company founded by Fred Figner in 1900
Brazilian phonographs
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Jerry B.
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Very interesting and attractive machines and ones we don't see in the states. Thanks, Jerry Blais
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melvind
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Wow, nice machines and well restored. I have a friend that lives in São Paulo and he has told me he never sees phonographs in antique stores. I don't think he has looked very hard though. I lived in São Paulo for a short time in the early 1990s and looked but never found things like what you have in your colleciton. You have great contacts and now where to look obviously!
Dan
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Dan,melvind wrote:Wow, nice machines and well restored. I have a friend that lives in São Paulo and he has told me he never sees phonographs in antique stores. I don't think he has looked very hard though. I lived in São Paulo for a short time in the early 1990s and looked but never found things like what you have in your colleciton. You have great contacts and now where to look obviously!
Dan
It is interesting to know that you have lived here in São Paulo, even if you have briefly.
The city is much more cared for and beautiful in relation to the time that lived here, it is only necessary to clean the River Tiête.
As for finding talking machines around here, it's not so common, but I've found real rarities, including this month's German Art Nouveau gramophone.
Who's your friend? Do I know?
If you have the opportunity to come again let me know so we can meet in person, I want you to know the collection, too, small but very well selected.
A big hug.
Andreas
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CarlosV
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Nice machines, Andreas, and well restored. These should all be German Parlophons that Figner imported into Brazil and sold with the Casa Edison brand. The motors could give a hint to the provenance.
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The second and fourth pictures appear to be German, as mentioned by Carlos, especially with the Starkton reproducers...CarlosV wrote:Nice machines, Andreas, and well restored. These should all be German Parlophons that Figner imported into Brazil and sold with the Casa Edison brand. The motors could give a hint to the provenance.
"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
- Andreas Gramophones
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One of them, who has the green horn, was like this before the restoration.
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WOW, what a come back!Andreas Gramophones wrote:One of them, who has the green horn, was like this before the restoration.
Clay
Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume's Laws of Collecting
1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
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You brought that machine back from the dead...
I love what you did to restore it...
"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
- Andreas Gramophones
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Thank you friends, I have specialized in professional restorations of speaker machines and music boxes in the last 2 years.