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Here is an ad mentioning the MK V

Many thanks Chunny---have you ever seen one ? I have not. There seem to be plenty of Mk IVs about and the odd Mk VI but this Mk V seems to be unique ?

Tempting Providence I know---dozens will now turn up.....!

The lineage is very evident going back to 1924.

Here is another reference (1929 I think) to the MK V giving the length of the horn at 4 ft 6 ins. Apologies for the indistinct reproduction.

Interesting. Does anyone know what the E.M.G. scratchless steel needle" is? Are they really "impossible to harm records"?

Thanks
Andreas

I was wondering the same thing---seems like an oxymoron. It would be very interesting to know just what was referred to.

emgcr wrote:Many thanks Chunny---have you ever seen one ? I have not. There seem to be plenty of Mk IVs about and the odd Mk VI but this Mk V seems to be unique ?

Tempting Providence I know---dozens will now turn up.....!

The lineage is very evident going back to 1924.

One interesting similarity is the flush top which was used as a selling point in the early models as there were " no corners to act as dust traps." This design feature seems to have been abandoned in the later models.

These are indeed very beautiful machines. I would love to hear them, but as they are at some distance from me this must remain a wish only. Meanwhile, can anyone tell me what the letters "E.M.G." stand for?

Over here, "EMD" stands for "ElectroMotiveDiesel," as in railroad locomotives. So by analogy perhaps "EMG" means "ElectroMotiveGramophone."

Hi, glad you like these gramophones. EMG are the initials of the founder of the company, Ellis Michael Ginn.

Loudbass wrote:Hi, glad you like these gramophones. EMG are the initials of the founder of the company, Ellis Michael Ginn.

Thank your for that information. Armed with it, I googled the name and found this, among many other "hits": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.M.G._Ha ... ramophones

It would seem from this, then, that E.M.G. gramophones are quite rare! Are there any figures (production and survival numbers) for that lovely Mark V pictured at the top of this thread?

Henry wrote:

Loudbass wrote:Hi, glad you like these gramophones. EMG are the initials of the founder of the company, Ellis Michael Ginn.

Thank your for that information. Armed with it, I googled the name and found this, among many other "hits": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.M.G._Ha ... ramophones

It would seem from this, then, that E.M.G. gramophones are quite rare! Are there any figures (production and survival numbers) for that lovely Mark V pictured at the top of this thread?

Unfortunately there seems to be very little information on this particular model other than what is shown in this thread. This may be the only Mark V that has survived, it is certainly rare. There are no records of production numbers for this model, but Francis James's book 'The EMG Story' (well worth trying to get hold of) gives some possible numbers for the other models.