Mystery Sonora

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Mystery Sonora

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Anyone know what model machine this is, when it was made, if it has some version of an exponential horn, etc.?
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Rather late model after 1925 to try and compete with the Orthophonic line.

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According to R.J. Wakeman's 246-page book, Sonora Phonographs (posted to the Antique Phonograph Society's web site), that's the $95 Sonora "Prelude," introduced in 1926. Members can see this illustrated on page 87 of the book.

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It's as art deco as all get out. I'd gladly collect those kinds of phonos--count yourself lucky on a swell find.

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