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help identify
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 9:03 am
by zartan13
Hi I was wondering if anybody has any idea of who makes this or any information on this it has no markings on it except for what looks to be a star with a s in it on the needle holders
I picked it up at an antique shop but the owner had no info on it either thanks for the help
Re: help identify
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 12:22 pm
by Phono48
No idea,- but I absolutely love it!!
Barry
Re: help identify
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 12:46 pm
by zartan13
Thanks
Re: help identify
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 1:00 pm
by gramophone78
Looks European..??. Are you over there??.
Re: help identify
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 1:18 pm
by OrthoSean
Pretty sure that it isn't European. Those are Walters-Conley parts. I know I've seen one of these before somewhere, but I can't remember where (Montgomery Ward / Sears catalog??).
Neat deco looking machine, though!
EDIT: Reading the original post again - could the star with the "S" stand for Silvertone? That would make this a Sears machine, if so.
Sean
Re: help identify
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 2:23 pm
by zartan13
Gramophone78 im in the states
Orthosean I was thinking silvertone also but couldn't find anything similar made by them
Re: help identify
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 2:39 pm
by JohnM
Davis made oddly configured phonographs, but I'm not sure if this is one of theirs.
Re: help identify
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 3:55 pm
by phono-smitten
It appears to be the Wards model discussed in this topic (How long were cabinet acoustic phonos made in the US?):
http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=97
Coincidentally, I just picked up the 1937 Sears Silvertone model also discussed in the same topic.
Re: help identify
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:29 pm
by zartan13
Phono-smitten thanks
Re: help identify
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 5:35 pm
by FloridaClay
I really like the rounded front.
Clay