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Neat-o German children's phonograph
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:17 pm
by phonophan79
Neat-o German children's phonograph on eBay. Never seen one like this before.
The winning bid of US $415.25 was a little steep for me. Looks to be made by the famous "Bing" company?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0351949698
Measures about 10" diameter, horn measures about 7" diameter x 10" long.
Re: Neat-o German children's phonograph
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 5:41 pm
by solophoneman
What an interesting little child's windup phonograph. I wonder if Merle, the Little Wonder Lady saw that one. She loves to collect unusual little phonos like that one.
Re: Neat-o German children's phonograph
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:13 pm
by Fredrik
Yes, that's the logo of the "Bing Werke" in the first picture. You can recognize it from the Bingola label that I posted in another thread:
http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... ngola#p758
Fredrik
Re: Neat-o German children's phonograph
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:18 pm
by solophoneman
Do you suppose that is the wrong crank for that little machine. It looks like you can't turn it without hitting the table on the way around.
Re: Neat-o German children's phonograph
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:34 am
by Steve
Sorry for dragging up an old thread but I
believe that crank is correct and I noted that no one had responded.
I've had a number of Bing machines and the long crank is not unusual, so winding them up does mean that you either get sore knuckles or that you have to perch them on the edge of a table top. Neither option was particularly clever when you consider the age group these were
originally intended for ie. not
over 50's as it might well be now!
