Grippa Perophone Floor-standing

[poodling around]

I wonder if this is an actual thing ?

It would look quite nice in certain surroundings I think - but not mine.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225622997813 ... R6a6j5yZYg

[Steve]

Actual thing? I'm not sure what youre questioning but it certainly looks like an actual thing to me!

[poodling around]

Actual thing? I'm not sure what youre questioning but it certainly looks like an actual thing to me!

Ha ha !

Well, there are thirteen (13) - count them - people 'watching' - now it isn't exactly expensive and can even be delivered perhaps, so I reckon other people are unsure as to whether it is 'the real deal' or not so reluctant to buy maybe ? Interesting. It reminds me of those 'school' gramophones a bit ???

[Steve]

13 watchers probably means 13 people who are curious only. I saw the postage when not logged in and gulped so offered £100 for it but when I logged in again the postage had dropped to £15.99 so I went to Buy It Now but was pipped at the post by someone who I'm guessing wasn't a watcher!

Of course it was cheap and it was in great original condition. How often can we say that these days?

[poodling around]

13 watchers probably means 13 people who are curious only. I saw the postage when not logged in and gulped so offered £100 for it but when I logged in again the postage had dropped to £15.99 so I went to Buy It Now but was pipped at the post by someone who I'm guessing wasn't a watcher!

Of course it was cheap and it was in great original condition. How often can we say that these days?

Oh, there seems to be another one on youtube (up-loaded 11 years ago) from abroad maybe by a person who loves gramophones - so I guess it is a real thing !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXxY6DgGj6Y

[Steve]

Yes, it's most definitely real and sold, otherwise I wouldn't have gone for it!

I'm still curious though about your question. Why or what about it makes you question it?

[poodling around]

Yes, it's most definitely real and sold, otherwise I wouldn't have gone for it!

I'm still curious though about your question. Why or what about it makes you question it?

Wow ! The record playing in the Youtube video is fantastic !

Oh, I just didn't know if this sort of gramophone was ever made as a 'standing' model. I don't know anything about Grippa's. I thought there should be a detachable horn on the sound-box like Epigramophones. I thought the wood all matched though. It has a 'sticker' on it though which says 'portable' - so I was confused. I thought the sound-box would be rare though and like I say, it reminds me of a 'school' gramophone and it looks cute

It would be great to see an advert for this as I couldn't see anything on google.

[epigramophone]

I wonder if this is an actual thing ?

It would look quite nice in certain surroundings I think - but not mine.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225622997813 ... R6a6j5yZYg

I can understand your initial doubts, as the word "Portable" on the lid transfer is misleading on a machine which is not a portable.
It is, as Steve says, perfectly genuine. Perhaps Perophone were using up lid transfers from their "Grippa" portables.

The word "Grippa" derives from "Grip", a term once used to describe a small travelling bag or suitcase.
Perophone altered it to "Grippa" as a brand name for their portables.
One of their normal size portables was the first gramophone I ever owned.

[poodling around]

I wonder if this is an actual thing ?

It would look quite nice in certain surroundings I think - but not mine.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225622997813 ... R6a6j5yZYg

I can understand your initial doubts, as the word "Portable" on the lid transfer is misleading on a machine which is not a portable.
It is, as Steve says, perfectly genuine. Perhaps Perophone were using up lid transfers from their "Grippa" portables.

The word "Grippa" derives from "Grip", a term once used to describe a small travelling bag or suitcase.
Perophone altered it to "Grippa" as a brand name for their portables.
One of their normal size portables was the first gramophone I ever owned.

Wow !!! Is that you ?

If so, you look like the happiest young person in the whole world ! ......... and it looks like Christmas time.

Thanks very much for up-loading this photograph, it is fabulous !

Thank you also for explaining about "Grippa" and giving your assessment of this gramophone. Having looked at it again on ebay the gramophone is very small - only about 70 cms tall. So it could be described as a 'Floor Standing Table Top' one !

[Steve]

I wonder if this is an actual thing ?

It would look quite nice in certain surroundings I think - but not mine.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225622997813 ... R6a6j5yZYg

I can understand your initial doubts, as the word "Portable" on the lid transfer is misleading on a machine which is not a portable.
It is, as Steve says, perfectly genuine. Perhaps Perophone were using up lid transfers from their "Grippa" portables.

The word "Grippa" derives from "Grip", a term once used to describe a small travelling bag or suitcase.
Perophone altered it to "Grippa" as a brand name for their portables.
One of their normal size portables was the first gramophone I ever owned.

Wow !!! Is that you ?

If so, you look like the happiest young person in the whole world ! ......... and it looks like Christmas time.

Thanks very much for up-loading this photograph, it is fabulous !

Thank you also for explaining about "Grippa" and giving your assessment of this gramophone. Having looked at it again on ebay the gramophone is very small - only about 70 cms tall. So it could be described as a 'Floor Standing Table Top' one !

No, it's only ever going to be a floor standing machine. I thought they were a little higher than that though. I know a collector who has one at the bottom of his stairs and I could have sworn it was approximately kitchen worktop height which is closer to 90cms. Either way it can best be described as a "bijou" machine!

And I can vouch for that being Roger in the photo. He hasn't changed at all!