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Ha ha !Steve wrote: Sat Jun 17, 2023 1:26 pm Actual thing? I'm not sure what youre questioning but it certainly looks like an actual thing to me!
Oh, there seems to be another one on youtube (up-loaded 11 years ago) from abroad maybe by a person who loves gramophones - so I guess it is a real thing !Steve wrote: Sat Jun 17, 2023 3:02 pm 13 watchers probably means 13 people who are curious only. I saw the postage when not logged in and gulped so offered £100 for it but when I logged in again the postage had dropped to £15.99 so I went to Buy It Now but was pipped at the post by someone who I'm guessing wasn't a watcher!
Of course it was cheap and it was in great original condition. How often can we say that these days?
Wow ! The record playing in the Youtube video is fantastic !Steve wrote: Sat Jun 17, 2023 3:35 pm Yes, it's most definitely real and sold, otherwise I wouldn't have gone for it!
I'm still curious though about your question. Why or what about it makes you question it?
I thought the sound-box would be rare though and like I say, it reminds me of a 'school' gramophone and it looks cute I can understand your initial doubts, as the word "Portable" on the lid transfer is misleading on a machine which is not a portable.poodling around wrote: Sat Jun 17, 2023 10:49 am I wonder if this is an actual thing ?
It would look quite nice in certain surroundings I think - but not mine.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225622997813 ... R6a6j5yZYg
Wow !!! Is that you ?epigramophone wrote: Sun Jun 18, 2023 5:04 amI can understand your initial doubts, as the word "Portable" on the lid transfer is misleading on a machine which is not a portable.poodling around wrote: Sat Jun 17, 2023 10:49 am I wonder if this is an actual thing ?
It would look quite nice in certain surroundings I think - but not mine.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225622997813 ... R6a6j5yZYg
It is, as Steve says, perfectly genuine. Perhaps Perophone were using up lid transfers from their "Grippa" portables.
The word "Grippa" derives from "Grip", a term once used to describe a small travelling bag or suitcase.
Perophone altered it to "Grippa" as a brand name for their portables.
One of their normal size portables was the first gramophone I ever owned.
No, it's only ever going to be a floor standing machine. I thought they were a little higher than that though. I know a collector who has one at the bottom of his stairs and I could have sworn it was approximately kitchen worktop height which is closer to 90cms. Either way it can best be described as a "bijou" machine!poodling around wrote: Sun Jun 18, 2023 5:24 amWow !!! Is that you ?epigramophone wrote: Sun Jun 18, 2023 5:04 amI can understand your initial doubts, as the word "Portable" on the lid transfer is misleading on a machine which is not a portable.poodling around wrote: Sat Jun 17, 2023 10:49 am I wonder if this is an actual thing ?
It would look quite nice in certain surroundings I think - but not mine.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225622997813 ... R6a6j5yZYg
It is, as Steve says, perfectly genuine. Perhaps Perophone were using up lid transfers from their "Grippa" portables.
The word "Grippa" derives from "Grip", a term once used to describe a small travelling bag or suitcase.
Perophone altered it to "Grippa" as a brand name for their portables.
One of their normal size portables was the first gramophone I ever owned.
If so, you look like the happiest young person in the whole world ! ......... and it looks like Christmas time.
Thanks very much for up-loading this photograph, it is fabulous !
Thank you also for explaining about "Grippa" and giving your assessment of this gramophone. Having looked at it again on ebay the gramophone is very small - only about 70 cms tall. So it could be described as a 'Floor Standing Table Top' one !
