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Re: Top of the range UK Columbia.
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2022 11:47 am
by anchorman
Did these machines have the large folded Plano reflex horn? I’ve been curious to see and hear one of those, since I saw a picture of one in “modern gramophones”.
Re: Top of the range UK Columbia.
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2022 12:35 pm
by epigramophone
anchorman wrote: Sun Oct 30, 2022 11:47 am
Did these machines have the large folded Plano reflex horn? I’ve been curious to see and hear one of those, since I saw a picture of one in “modern gramophones”.
From the 1929 UK Columbia catalogue, here are the details of the Plano-Reflex horn :
Re: Top of the range UK Columbia.
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2022 12:44 pm
by anchorman
Thank you! Would love to meet one of these machines in person some time
What were the major differences between these different models? It seems from this advertisement that they all used the same horn and arm.
Re: Top of the range UK Columbia.
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2022 5:12 pm
by Starkton
One can argue about taste. I find the cabinet to be ugly and dull and the legs do not match at all to the rest. What kind of style is this supposed to be?! When I consider what amazing furniture was created in the 1920s, it's backward and boring.
Re: Top of the range UK Columbia.
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2022 8:15 pm
by poodling around
Starkton wrote: Sun Oct 30, 2022 5:12 pm
One can argue about taste. I find the cabinet to be ugly and dull and the legs do not match at all to the rest. What kind of style is this supposed to be?! When I consider what amazing furniture was created in the 1920s, it's backward and boring.
I am certainly not a columbia fan at all - but I do like this one.
I do agree with you about 1920's style - I have a one-off art deco style walnut floor standing gramophone which I think is amazing.
Re: Top of the range UK Columbia.
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2022 8:13 am
by epigramophone
anchorman wrote: Sun Oct 30, 2022 12:44 pm
Thank you! Would love to meet one of these machines in person some time
What were the major differences between these different models? It seems from this advertisement that they all used the same horn and arm.
The Columbia catalogue describes the Plano-Reflex horn as approximately 9 feet long (unfolded) but does not specify which machines had which horns. It is reasonable to assume that the largest models had the full size horn, but that the smaller models such as the 132a and 133a had a smaller version to fit their smaller cabinets.
Rather than make a smaller horn from scratch, it seems that Columbia simply shortened the final rectangular section to fit.