Is this a G&T/HMV Melba gramophone ?

[poodling around]

I wonder .......................

https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auct ... 8f398bfc71

[Viva-voce]

Beware-It’s a crapophone.

Steven

[poodling around]

Beware-It’s a crapophone.

Steven

Very interesting indeed !

Thank you very much Steven.

[Viva-voce]

No worries!

Dame Nellie would be turning in her grave at the idea of her name being associated with that bloody thing lol

[JerryVan]

It's a Mabel... not a Melba

[Viva-voce]

It's a Mabel... not a Melba

You killed me

[leels1]

I’m sure this, or a very similar one, was for sale on Marketplace somewhere in the North West.

It’s now disappeared but it was listed for a long time. I wonder what happened to that one, and if indeed this is the same machine. It was listed for £100 with seemingly no takers.

[Viva-voce]

I’m sure this, or a very similar one, was for sale on Marketplace somewhere in the North West.

It’s now disappeared but it was listed for a long time. I wonder what happened to that one, and if indeed this is the same machine. It was listed for £100 with seemingly no takers.

Because Crapophone lol

[Steve]

It's quite obviously a complete Crapophone travesty BUT doesn't the brass panel look uncannily close to a Melba gramophone?

[jamiegramo]

A crapophone! Although the rather nice lower back bracket might classify it as a frankenphone as this is not normally found on crapophones together with the rounded horn elbow. I still suspect this machine comes from India.

Some years ago some reproductions of the Melba brass panels were made, I believe in Germany, maybe someone has got hold of some of these or more likely they are being copied in India and made this machine up. The ones on this machine lack the detail and finish of an original. They look cast rather than stamped.