Loomis portable phonograph

[nostalgia]

Does someone know this brand? The portable looks well made to my eyes. The portable is for sale in my area (Europe). I made a google search on "Loomis and phonograph", and was only able to find an official Victrola retailer in New Haven, Connecticut named Loomis. http://www.victor-victrola.com/Connecticut.htm
I don't know it they are associated with each other...

[Inigo]

It's clear! They must have been also selling these aftermarket portables of late thirties with their own brand!

[Hoodoo]

It would be nice to own a good quality off brand machine that you knew exactly where it came from.
That building can be seen on streetview. 833 Chapel Street.

[pallophotophone]

I wonder what could still be in the cellar?
There was an old music store in Syracuse NY- Stone Piano- that had old piano rolls a QRS wire piano roll rack and some old Zenith sets in the cellar.
The street elevator no longer worked so how they'd be removed from the cellar would have been a major undertaking. No old phonographs or records.
Does anyone on the list live near Loomis ?

[OrthoFan]

That looks like it might be a rebranded model o-10 sold by RCA Victor.

see:.
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=32184

[Inigo]

That old dream of us collectors... to find treasures in the cellar of old music stores!
Actually I found one in 1979... and bought many NOS 78s from them. They were still a music store, but the 78 era had passed, and they did mainly microgroove records and guitars, blank sheet music paper, school flutes and these things.

[nostalgia]

Interesting observations!

OrthoFan, I was able to find a photo of the RCA-Victor Victrola O-10 online, it for sure has many similarities, but also differences.
I know nothing about these portables myself...

http://www.mulhollandpress.com/styled-2 ... index.html

[OrthoFan]

Interesting observations!

OrthoFan, I was able to find a photo of the RCA-Victor Victrola O-10 online, it for sure has many similarities, but also differences.
I know nothing about these portables myself...

http://www.mulhollandpress.com/styled-2 ... index.html

I see what you mean. I had posted using my smartphone. Now that I'm at the desktop PC, I can see several major differences.

I did a little more searching and spotted this one sold by Birch -- https://m.facebook.com/105237384418119/ ... 60/?type=3 -- which looks to be a near exact match.

OrthoFan

[nostalgia]

Unfortunately, I am not able to access FB myself and don't see any photos on the link, since I am not registered there, but I am sure many in here will be able to see it...

[OrthoFan]

Unfortunately, I am not able to access FB myself and don't see any photos on the link, since I am not registered there, but I am sure many in here will be able to see it...

Odd...I'm not on Facebook either, but the photos showed up, (along with a message telling me to join Facebook.)

Anyway, here's some screen captures. The poster noted that this is the model 57D. I googled it and came up with a number of photos -- https://www.google.com/search?q=Birch+5 ... 8&dpr=1.54

It looks like all of the components are a match, along with position of the crank, the crank holder, etc..

OrthoFan