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Can anyone help me identify what model Zonophone this would be? I can't find anything exactly matching this. Looks very suspect about being correct and original. European??

Blizz

Look here ...
https://www.dvaveka.ru/patefony-i-gramm ... ya-n-20-v/

James.

Thanks James,,, how did you come up with that so fast. I have an opportunity to buy this but everything about it was in question..

blizz

Searching the internet is a skillset that I've honed.
It's not the same as knowing information about Russian Zon-o-phones, but it's a start for your search.

James.

Hard to tell anything from the one photo. I don't see anything that does not look like it's from a Zonophone...
Might also help if we knew what your questions are.

Here is the only other picture that I have of the machine. I guess my concern was the case itself is like no other Zonophone that I can find in my reference books or on the net. Also the metal bedplate is stamped like no other that I have seen and appears it may be some type of Russian knockoff. The seller stated there is no printing on the reproducer at all and there is no decal on the case but then again the case looks to me like it has been refinished.

Blizz

I by no stretch of the imagination an an expert on Zonophones, by I have seen similar bedplates with the name stamped in Russian. While refinished, what little I see is consistent with Zonophones I've seen in the past. Lynn Bilton has a little blurb on his site about Zonophones in general, and a paragraph on the Russian bedblates:

A note on the Cyrillic lettering

The best guess is that early Zon-o-phone models were manufactured in New York City, but the Cyrillic lettering on the bedplate of some models has led to speculation as to the point of origin. The Cyrillic lettering was formally registered as a trademark by the Universal Talking Machine Company, and according to their application, was first used June, 1901. The lettering was probably intended for models destined for export to Russia.

https://www.intertique.com/TheZon-o-phone.html

I own a Zonophone Home which has Cyrillic lettering on the bed plate and a Parlor which does not. Other than that the two machines are quite similar.

Its a Style 25N for the European market - hence the cyrillic writing as well.

I have one currently recovering from the european postal system!

The travelling arm does not look at all correct, nor does the horn, which looks crude, (Indian?). Also, the "box" portion of the cabinet looks like it has a lighter finish/color than the top & bottom moldings. My suspicion would be that it's been replaced. Its dimensions also appear a bit "off", with the base molding extending too far from the box sides.