The Talking Machine Forum — For All Antique Phonographs & Recordings

We are all familiar with the one that went from "Victor" to "Victrola", and of course "Rockola" named after the founder of the famous jukebox company. Yet, there are numerous other music related names which end with the "ola" postfix. I wondered how many there really were, so began to gather a list. I invite you to add to it, and let's see how many we can all come up with. I'll start it off with these:

Modernola
Motorola
Rockola
Victrola

Good topic. I'll add Amberola, Grafonola, Symphonla, and Claxtinola, and I'm sure there are others.
Harvey Kravitz

Crapola

Motrola (auto winder).

You can find a whole laundry list of them in an APS article here:

http://www.antiquephono.org/brand-talki ... j-wakeman/

Clay

My lovely mahogany..................Magnola

The German toy phone Bingola, and of course our very own Martinola

Andreas

Aww shucks. The problem with the Martinola is that it always seems to be playing the same song.

Let's not omit pergola, crayola, heatrola, and crapola. OK, I made up the last one.

Shinola

There used to be a saying about knowing something from it.