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I haven't been all exactly active on the forum for nearly a year but I have recently got back into my gramophone restoration and my record collecting having had a big sort out of all the stuff I already have from this interest. With this I have sorted all my 78s from A to Z and the collection continues to grow - I found sorting them makes listening to them all that more enjoyable as I know exactly where each one is located. I also finished restoring my HMV 161 and it looks fabulous compared to how it looked when I acquired it, sadly I didn't update the page it was on because I plainly forgot with how busy I was. However I am really happy with how it turned out and the sound is very good for a no4 sound box machine. I was wondering if anyone wanted to hear a recording of it as I believe there was some interest on the sound quality of a saxophone horn on my last post about the 161?

Anyway, to get to the point of this post I have recently acquired two new machines, a HMV model 104 which needs quite a bit of attention to the cabinet and also (more excitingly in my opinion) a Fullotone Cabinet gramophone which is in much better condition. I'm very excited to post about the restoration process of these two machines on here so I can get some tips as well as some maybe help others out in the future who have a similar problem or gramophone/phonograph that they are restoring.

I am going to start with the Fullotone on a separate page and document the restoration process from there, however I am not sure where to post it - in the machines section or the restoration tips and tricks section? If someone could let me know which would be best that would be great! Thank you

Great to hear! I would definitely say the British & European Machines section.

Thank you! I will post the process on that page with some pictures and questions.

LaoChe85 wrote: Wed Jul 09, 2025 5:29 pm Thank you! I will post the process on that page with some pictures and questions.

I have a Fullotone in Chinoiserie finish, and information about the company which produced it.
When you have started a new post under British & European Machines I will reply in more detail.

Roger.

I have read a little about your machine on other posts and it sounds very interesting, I'd love to hear more!

I'll get round to posting it later today.