Anyone know anything about this Portable ? licensed by HMV !

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Anyone know anything about this Portable ? licensed by HMV !

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Anyone know anything about this Portable ? licensed by HMV !

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The makers of this gramophone were only licensed to use HMV's British patent of 11 July 1927 on an improvement for winding the spring motor.

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The turntable and speed control are by Garrard, so it is likely that the motor is also a Garrard.

The HMV Exhibition soundbox was obsolete by 1925 and is therefore of earlier date than the machine to which it is fitted.

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That's a nice-looking machine there. How does it play? Good sound, you think?

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Very interesting. The motorboard is flush with the case, a feature from the latest 102s... An exhibition soundbox on a S shaped tonearm!
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