Pathé 10050 portable
Posted: Sat May 27, 2023 9:45 am
I just thought I'd share a few photos of my latest arrival. I've been on the lookout for one of these for a few years but this example was mercifully sold on Ebay here in the UK thus circumventing the ridiculous UK port authority charges (which invariably it gets wrong and overcharges!) and excessive shipping costs.
The 10050 was not, as far as I'm aware, ever sold in the UK. The machine is a rigid steel case covered in faux lizard skin rexine. It's very well made and although the case is metal it has an independent and full length steel internal horn which I've attempted to show inside.
As I'd guess this dates from not long after the EMI merger, note the somewhat generic soundbox which was also used on some Columbia machines (Columbia had control of Pathé by this point thus rendering anything from "Pathé" effectively part of the gargantuan international EMI corporation).
The 10050 was not, as far as I'm aware, ever sold in the UK. The machine is a rigid steel case covered in faux lizard skin rexine. It's very well made and although the case is metal it has an independent and full length steel internal horn which I've attempted to show inside.
As I'd guess this dates from not long after the EMI merger, note the somewhat generic soundbox which was also used on some Columbia machines (Columbia had control of Pathé by this point thus rendering anything from "Pathé" effectively part of the gargantuan international EMI corporation).
Yes, I think she's around 80 or so? No, I didn't think she was antique but some people, including many in this forum, were given old gramophones when they were quite young for some reason!
