Weekend Phonograph Trolling--Harmony Model 12

[FloridaClay]

Picked up a little Harmony 12 yesterday, with 4 Harmony records of the period.

This was one of the brands sold by The Great Northern Manufacturing Co. and, by the time this model arrived on the scene, made by Columbia. (Earlier Harmony machines had been made by Hawthorne & Sheble). Like a sister brand, Standard, Harmony was part of the scheme of making machines with large spindles, sold very cheaply or even given away, with the idea that buyers would also have to buy Harmony records because records with normal spindle holes would not fit.

This one has a very nice cabinet, with an excellent original decal and the grain painting on the metal horn behind the grille in good condition. For a small very inexpensively made machine, the sound is loud and amazingly clear. The small single spring motor does struggle to make it to the end of records sometime and I may need to replace the spring eventually.

Clay

[zenith82]

That's a nice original decal. Thanks for sharing.

I found a stash of Harmony records a few years ago without the machine. Mixed in with them were some batwing Victors that had been drilled so they would fit a Harmony machine.

[alang]

That Harmony looks to be in nice condition. Congratulations. I have a Standard and a United Talking Machine, at some point I want to add a Harmony and an Aretino to complete my "odd spindle hole" collection. Oh yes, and a Busy Bee as well...

Andreas

[FloridaClay]

That Harmony looks to be in nice condition. Congratulations. I have a Standard and a United Talking Machine, at some point I want to add a Harmony and an Aretino to complete my "odd spindle hole" collection. Oh yes, and a Busy Bee as well...

Andreas

I have a fair little stash of Standard records and have been using an adopter to play them, but it would be nice to pick up a Standard phono too. And of course an Aretino would be nice, if for no other reason is that it is the king of really weird spindles.

Clay