Please help deciphering this data plate

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Carl
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Please help deciphering this data plate

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This is from an Odeon portable phonograph.
Can someone tell me what it means?
Thank you

* I don't know why pictures are 90° off and so large *
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Date plate found under the turntable
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It could be possible for ordering replacement parts . I have one on one of my phonographs too.

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This is an Odeon portable model 9102 Light Blue made by EMI. These and the latter Columbia 9000 and lower HMV models all in this style (fat tonearm, all metal soundbox, modernization motors, etc) were descendants of the flagship portable HMV 102, where this numbering system has a dating clue in the prefix of the serial number: B means 1936, and B|xx means 1936+xx. IF this was applied also to the other portables it means that this Odeon B|12 was the number 22861 of the series made during 1948.
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Inigo wrote: Wed Nov 26, 2025 11:58 pm This is an Odeon portable model 9102 Light Blue made by EMI. These and the latter Columbia 9000 and lower HMV models all in this style (fat tonearm, all metal soundbox, modernization motors, etc) were descendants of the flagship portable HMV 102, where this numbering system has a dating clue in the prefix of the serial number: B means 1936, and B|xx means 1936+xx. IF this was applied also to the other portables it means that this Odeon B|12 was the number 22861 of the series made during 1948.
Thank you. Why the heck the brain tease coding for something simple. CHEERS!
Carl

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