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A while ago I thought I had expertise in phonographs and gramophones and, more and more, I realized that it's just like an iceberg with the largest part always under the water....

So, I bought this horn and reproducer (thirty years ago, from a french collector with a lot of cylinders phonographs) and they are still sitting on a shelf, unidentified !
I don't know if they were home made(very good job!!) or coming from a small manufacturer  and I have no clue on the machine they were intended for...
Total height is around 11,81 in (30cm) , horn diameter 7,08 in (18cm), reproducer 2,65 in (6,7cm).

As spring is coming, could someone speed up the iceberg melt down ?

Thanks,
Jeff

Looks as if it might have belonged on some "Puck" type machine.

The bulge on the horn cone does look rather unusual.

Bill

Jeff, since you got this from a French collector, perhaps you would have better luck getting information by posting these pictures In the British and European Machines section of the Forum? Just a thought.

Best wishes, Mark