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What is this machine being wound by Getty on the BBC
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 2:43 pm
by soundgen
Re: What is this machine being wound by Getty on the BBC
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 5:18 pm
by Sidewinder
The horn is for an Edison Opera - so maybe the Getty's have an Edison Opera with a very odd horn attached? The machine itself looks European.
Re: What is this machine being wound by Getty on the BBC
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 11:11 pm
by Lucius1958
Very odd: what gramophone had a flywheel on the crank?
Bill
Re: What is this machine being wound by Getty on the BBC
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2018 3:56 am
by epigramophone
Lucius1958 wrote:Very odd: what gramophone had a flywheel on the crank?
Bill
This machine was part of the EMI Collection which was dispersed in 1980, hence the old catalogue picture.
It was sold by J.de Hoog & Co. of Gravenhage, Holland, who used bought in components which they assembled into their own cases.
It had a very large double spring motor, and the crank incorporated a flywheel to assist winding.
I wonder where the machine is now?
Roger.
Re: What is this machine being wound by Getty on the BBC
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2018 5:49 am
by Garret
I thought that the EMI Collection is still at Hayes, Middlesex?
Best,
Garret
Re: What is this machine being wound by Getty on the BBC
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2018 9:19 am
by alang
Garret wrote:I thought that the EMI Collection is still at Hayes, Middlesex?
Best,
Garret
No, it was auctioned off. You can still find the auction catalogs and reproductions of them relatively frequently on eBay.
Andreas
Re: What is this machine being wound by Getty on the BBC
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2018 10:37 am
by Garret
So what was great about the EMI collection, and what is the collection at the EMI archives at Hayes, then?
Garret
Re: What is this machine being wound by Getty on the BBC
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2018 2:02 pm
by epigramophone
Garret wrote:So what was great about the EMI collection, and what is the collection at the EMI archives at Hayes, then?
Garret
The EMI collection was considered to be one of the finest of it's kind in Europe and possibly the world.
It was assembled primarily from two sources, firstly the machines made by The Gramophone Company and secondly a large private collection purchased by EMI in 1974. The sale in 1980 was conducted by Christie's of London.
There is a collection of machines in the EMI archive, which also houses every record ever made by EMI, a vast photographic library, letters, documents and catalogues. It is a detailed history of the company in words and pictures.