G & T Style 5 (Trademark) vs G & T Style 3

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Sidewinder
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G & T Style 5 (Trademark) vs G & T Style 3

Post by Sidewinder »

Seems that people keep confusing these 2 machines. The Gramophone ( G & T = Gramophophon % Typewriter Co.) Style 5 is the machine featured in the famous Trademark picture of Victor & HMV. The style 3 is a machine from a few years later and not in the same price class.

Recently I have seen a few sales where style 3's are being touted as "Trademark", which is not accurate.

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Grammophon-Gram ... %7Ciid%3A1

any thoughts?

Oedipus
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Re: G & T Style 5 (Trademark) vs G & T Style 3

Post by Oedipus »

That's not recent, it's been going on for at least fifty years. To be really pernickety, the original Trade Mark Gramophone is not a 'Style No. 5'; it only acquired that designation when other models were introduced at the end of 1900. That was also when the company became 'Gramophone & Typewriter Ltd', so it could be argued that 'Style No 5' is correct only for a machine with the G & T label.

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