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I saw this beauty this morning, I don't know what model of type...but it's so pretty..Not the Brunswick i'm used to seeing. Anyone know what model it is? Or any other information?

Looks like a model 22 circa 1918. One of their better models. You can check on this site. http://www.mulhollandpress.com/Bruns22.htm

My first upright was (and still is) an identical Brunswick, except with a flat cut-out grille & a rectangular horn. These are most excellent machines.

Edisone wrote:My first upright was (and still is) an identical Brunswick, except with a flat cut-out grille & a rectangular horn. These are most excellent machines.

Mine, too!

Brunswick is generally a high quality machine especially in the larger more expensive cabinets. I found years ago that a Brunswick could made a record have a bit more depth and tone than the same record on a Victor. That was when I switched to Brunswick for most of my listening until my return to Edisons a while back.

Larry

As a Victor man, I must admit that the Brunswicks gives the Victors of the same period a run for their money. There is something about their larger diaphragm that seems to bring out more of the music. Also, the Ultona arm gives a better tone from Pathé records than actual Pathé machines. Brunswicks are so underrated I wonder why they are often referred to as off-brand.

Torjazzer wrote:As a Victor man, I must admit that the Brunswicks gives the Victors of the same period a run for their money. There is something about their larger diaphragm that seems to bring out more of the music. Also, the Ultona arm gives a better tone from Pathé records than actual Pathé machines. Brunswicks are so underrated I wonder why they are often referred to as off-brand.

I think it's because Victor, Columbia & Edison so saturated the advertising market that most everything else seems secondary. You'll see a dozen Victor record catalogs to one Brunswick catalog.

Victor created a sort of snob appeal for their make - it's like the Steinway piano: many other makes of piano were equally good, but Steinway knew how to use publicity.