Sonora Concert Phonograph manufacture date

[apruizii]

I just picked up a Sonora Concert model phonograph with a Sonora no. 5 reproducer (with an aluminum diaphragm). Does any one know when this model was manufactured? I've attached a couple of photos.

Thanks,

AR

[BillH_NJ]

I have a Concert as well (and a Sonora Philharmonic). The Concert was introduced in 1926 as part of the line of New Reproducing Phonographs.

[apruizii]

Bill,

Thanks for the information! I appreciate it.
That makes sense considering the Sonora no. 5 reproducer that came with the phonograph has an aluminum diaphragm for playing electrically recorded records.

AR

[BillH_NJ]

Yes, it was Sonora’s answer to the Orthophonic. There were additional models in the Tonalic line a year later, like the Philharmonic. The reproducer is almost the same but the one on my Philharmonic is a 5B rather than the 5 on the Concert, so they are not interchangeable. The difference is the diameter of the tonearm connection—the 5B is the same as an Orthophonic soundbox.

[apruizii]

Bill,

Thanks to you I'm a little bit more knowledgeable now with Sonoras...

AR