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A restored Sears Tru-Phonic -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L10M8mJ65TM

Even from the limitations imposed by the microphone, it sounds very good to my ears. It shows that rebuilding the sound box, etc., is worth the trouble. (Wish it was mine.)

OF

I'd love to get one of these tru-phonics. I've only had experience with the portables, but they sound better than you'd think after opening up the reproducer and seeing the pretty basic construction. (I always just liked the dogwood flower reproducer design, too). Seems like Sears put out decent stuff, I'm surprised I don't see more of these.

Here is one in Massachusetts for sale:

https://worcester.craigslist.org/atq/6171046062.html

Sears did indeed put out some pretty decent phonographs. I live out in the boonies now an see these more than you would in major towns I suspect. What I have had trouble with though is that the pot metal reproducers on the True Phonics I saw were all swollen an not useable. I did pick up a table model Silvertone some years ago and found it to be very clear with good sound overall. Every bit as good as a major brand from what I could tell. The motor ran silently.

That sure is a nice machine. I think that Sears Tru-Phonic were trying to mimic the Victrola Credenza. At a quick glance, it looks like a Credenza.
Harvey Kravitz

Most of the phonograph companies put out Orthophonic type machines in the late '20s to compete with Victrola. I even once saw for sale a Pathephonic in Alabama on Craigslist several years ago. It was Pathé's attempt to make a Credenza type machine. It must be very rare! It looked be in great shape. but I live in California, so I never saw it.

The Silvertone and Truphonic machines were good value, and with the higher end ones you got quite an impressive looking machine for your money. I've seen a picture of one of the big ones from the rear, and the horn wasn't anything close to exponential, and it wasn't as large as the grille suggested

Phonofreak wrote:That sure is a nice machine. I think that Sears Tru-Phonic were trying to mimic the Victrola Credenza. At a quick glance, it looks like a Credenza.
Harvey Kravitz

Didn't every phonograph company of the mid to late 20s have their own version of the Credenza? It sure seems so to me.

RolandVV-360 wrote:

Phonofreak wrote:That sure is a nice machine. I think that Sears Tru-Phonic were trying to mimic the Victrola Credenza. At a quick glance, it looks like a Credenza.
Harvey Kravitz

Didn't every phonograph company of the mid to late 20s have their own version of the Credenza? It sure seems so to me.

Search the past post for Credenza Clone: http://forum.talkingmachine.info/search ... mit=Search