You are very welcome. And thanks for your gracious comments on my Brunswick Cortez. I found it years ago in an antique shop and was stunned at how nice the original condition was. It had clearly been well cared for by the original owners.

the best sounding phonograph I have heard , first time I've heard one with a warm tone, a lovely machine.

Never saw any Brunswick machine in that surprisingly well-preserved condition. Thanks so much for posting this.

Thanks so much your truly gracious comments. I have always appreciated the sound produced by this phonograph and it's really gratifying to receive encouraging and refreshing comments from fellow collectors like yourself. Thanks also for the subscription. I returned the favor and enjoy your channel.

Incredible. The sound is coming in clear on my end--I can only imagine how much better it sounds in person.

The Brunswick Cortez dates to about 1927 and was manufactured in limited numbers relative to other Brunswick models in spite of the apparent high serial number on the ID plate. It is much more difficult to find than its equivalent from competitors such as Victor with its Credenza and Columbia with its higher end Viva-Tonal models. Thanks for your comments.

The cortez is the phonograph that I want to own above all others. Of all the big orthophonic machines of the era, the cortez has The most beautiful cabinet. They don't come up for sale often, but I'm always looking for one. The King Oliver records are pure magic!

Very clear sound with good presence.

What a BEAUTIFUL Machine!! Sounds GORGEOUS! Didn't know that 'Brunswick' made one; I LOVE Gramophones - have several different Models by different Companies. After hearing this - would love a Brunswick one day! Thanks for sharing! (great Record too!)

Thanks so much, zj! I always look forward to your interesting comments. You will find one when you least expect it as I did with this one. I had for years wanted one of these and was very pleased to find one in such nicely preserved condition. Stop back again soon!

Obviously the machine sounds fantastic, but the condition! Looks like it just came from the showroom floor!

The best 78rpm sound I never heard before...Fantastic friend!

A good record that sounds surprisingly lifelike on this old phonograph. Be warned that by 1930 Oliver was on the last legs of his career and a lot of the trumpet solos on his records were actually played by his nephew, Dave Nelson. (I think Oliver plays the first solo here and Nelson the closing one.) Personnel: Joe "King Oliver, Dave Nelson (trumpets), Bobby Holmes (clarinet -- probably the soloist), Hilton Jefferson, Glyn Paque (clarinet, alto sax -- it's almost certainly Jefferson playing the alto sax solo), Jimmy Archey (trombone), probably Henry Duncan (piano), Arthur Taylor (banjo), Clinton Walker (tuba), Fred Moore (drums).

Amazing

Amazing fidelity, I have a Victor Orthophonic which also reproduces sound very faithfully

@Turkeydoodlers I would agree. These late Brunswicks were lovely sounding machines. Thanks for your comments.

It really does sound good .

Just a beautiful mint machine. I'm surprised that Brunswick was still making a high-end acoustic machine in 1927. Brunswick was the first to introduce an all electric record/radio combination in 1925, the Brunswick Panatrope and was top of their top of the line. I imagine it would really have a fabulous sound if the lid was closed cancelling diaphragm backtalk from the back of the diaphragm and record/listen from the front of the machine where the terminus of the horn is. Does this have a folded re-entrant horn like a Victor Credenza or something like a Columbia Viva-Tonal? Absolute stunning condition, a collectors dream.

beautiful sound

Oh, how I would love to own a Cortez. Beautiful machine and great record.

You never cease to amaze and surprise! Great selections on both counts - King Oliver and the Cortez. I haven't been able to find a solid Exponential Panatrope close by, but I'm always looking. Brunswick is so underrated by many collectors, but as you mentioned most are top-notch machines in every respect. The symmetrical horn gives them a purity of sound that's addictive. I have a '29 Panatrope Portable that is as involving as many full-sized machines, well-balanced and warm. Thanks Again!

Fantastic I'm gonna look him up and see if I can get some of his recordings hes is well good

Thanks for the comments. I'll respond to your question through KZfaq messaging.

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@stlgtrace Thanks so much for your gracious comments!

Beautiful King Oliver side and fantastic machine!

Muy Bonito....Exelente manera de conservar una joya como esa....Saludos desde PIURA _ PERÙ.

GREAT SOUND! It appears the disc is mint condition. Thanks for this posting~!

...beautiful machine excellent sound!!..funny how that front hinge looks like a tripod stand...…..

A good Orchestra with a really good sound.

that was an absolute bop

Just Wonderful !!! Thanks for sharing !!

By the way, B-side is cute too: "You're Just My Type" ... Thanks!

I have this 78..the only records I kept was my 78's...worthless but I love them.

People who heard Oliver play in person say that the records he made did not do him justice. By 1930 he was a broken man. He was drinking heavily, his music was out of style, and his protege (Armstrong) had become an international sensation, while he was forgotten.

HOT! HOT! HOT!

Looks a lot like my machine on here, mine is a panatrope, nickel plated. Very nice soun these had, right up there with a victor credenza

A very good and distortion free sound, even from my laptop. Amazing that has no electronics at all.

Beautiful!!

I also have a Brunswick Cortez phonograph with the universal AC-DC motor. I also have two Panatrope P-9s, one is all electronic and the other is hand crank. Someone cut a 24 X 24" square out of its back and I have no idea why! Maybe they thought that was the only way to access the motor? My cabinet looks beautiful with a light walnut veneer. One of these days, when I figure out how to do it, I will post some videos here. They are very rare machines!

Muito bom!

Incredible. When I was young, I would have been excoriated by old collectors had I played a 38,000 series King Oliver on an old turntable. This in keeping with the other message of the same date that I left you about playing an early record on an ancient phonograph. Bad habit to get into. Try dropping a needle in the reproducer on your finger. Think of that pressure on an old record. You all must have found at least one record with a small holes in it caused by someone accidentally dropping a needle on it. THINK...!!!!!

A very good quality

The first cornet solo could be Oliver - it does sound like him.

Just looked at your selection of videos, blimey............ how many different gramophones gave you got. ?

Wow! That sound rivals a Victor Credenza. I'd say the clarity is a little better.

Any chance I can use a clip of you putting the needle to the record? I'm making a music video with of a song I made in the 80s, with black & white movie clips.

That sound quality reproduction and without electricity too

Is this the equivalent to the Victor - Victrola Credenza, and The Columbia Viva Tonal Machines?

Stopped back again, always like to see this machine play, any other brunswicks?

Качество воспроизведения, просто обалденное! Кто это выпускал? The playback quality is awesome! Who produced it?

Love the music and beautiful machine.I have an older Brunswick similar then this but it has an Ultona reproducer that plays 3 types of records. Mine does not sound near this good.Does the Cortez have an orthophonic horn?.I'll crank mine up sometime and put it on YT.

Funny it's recorded on my birthday march 18th just noticed that..

Sounds great, but can you play the same record using a fiber (bamboo) needle? Thanks.

RIP

Sounds as good if not better than a victor credenza or 8:35!

Please...show an overall shot of the machine!! Too much of the endless detail...for us who are not familiar with Brunswick products...the complete showing of the cabinet is helpful!

i like the brass tone on the arm and stuff, check my brinswick out, what year is yours? mine is a 1926

The "sound" of phonograph records is largely cordination of recording and playback. In acoustic era, companies made records well on their own machines. When electric recording came in 1920s industrywide standards imposed. In postWW2 period till late 50s firms again had their diverse stadards. HiFi amp/preSmps with adustments for both 78&LP. Markings on some show for instance ORTHOPONIC for 78 and NEW ORTHOPHONIC for LP. There were also some firms that radio ondustry standard marked NAB. In 1955 the RIAA (Recordin Industry Association of America) became standard. The upshot for collectors of 1925to 1960 records is to have Graphic Equilizer and experiment by hear, unless you have $$$ to collect vintage gear. This factor now called "RECORDING CURVES or EQUILIZATIONS" accounts for vintage macines like this, souding so life-like and present day players so BAD playing vintage records.

In addition I asked a question because in the historic past to present, there seems to have a similarity in length of music of how long a song is usually played. "Why are songs three minutes long?" The root of the "three -minute" length is likely derived from the original format of 78 rpm -speed phonograph records; at about 3 to 5 minutes per side, it's just long enough for the recording of a complete song. Interesting.

Brunswick motors used fibre gears in their motors so that is why it sounds so quiet

Now we know where the Simpsons writers came up with "Bleeding Gums" Murphy.

Mine has a black speed knob with arrow on it. I am guessing the entire motor plate was switched from an older model to accommodate its electric motor. Any thoughts on this. The motor is not a GE either. Feeling the eBay seller was a crook.

Today, Brundwick's makes bowling balls and machines...

1:25

the gramphone and only spin 78 that model?

Fast Forwart to 1:41.... ;-)

Sounds infanitely better than next doors monotonous music witch is nothing but single-note bass and "thump thump thump thump" god it drives me mad! Why can't he be listening to good music like this?

Maybe the speed is not accurate to the real sounding key, 'cause it sound "A", and I guess it should be rather "Ab". Anyway, I MUST have this record!! ♫ ♪ ♫

Have a "nice" collection myself -- NOTHING like yours. Would love to send you pictures of some machines I think you would like -- all in GREAT condition cabinet- & playing-wise. Brunswick "Cortez", Brun. "Granada" with elec. motor, Vic. VE-XVIII in American Walnut, Edison L-19 (Louis XIV), Edison B-450 (Louis XVI) in burl Circassian Walnut, Edisonic "Beethoven", Ed. Triumph-A, Ed. Opera (#101), etc. Any idea how I can send you pictures? Love your stuff!!

If you want to sell this, I want to purchase, please let me know, what is cost of it.

The last top class players with acoustic playback has some lack in bass and treble, but the rest sounds pretty well.

Brunswick & other maker produced high end acoustic machines through to early 30s as many people had no electriciy. These machines were intended for new electric records. In fact sound better than most elecronic machines of the era. Regular use bad, nut copying a record like this a way of preservong it, Fiber needles safer choice gor regular use.

Se vende.

The above is apart from entirely NONstandard records like Edison Diamond Discs, Pathes, WW1 vintage Emersons etc. Brunswick made ULTONA machines that would play NEEDLE RECORDS Standard 78 like VIctor. SAPHIRE RECORDS Pathe vertion records played with saphires but needle material not the issue. DIAMOND DISKS from Edison, verticle Hill&Dale that cant play on others. UNIVERSAL RECORDS that could sort of play on the above 3 but would only play well on Emerson and similar. But Brunswick and Sonora actual made machines that would play all 4 types well. Sonoras had a set of changables tonearms for each, but the reproduced on Brunswich adjustabe in 4 position!

Hi, I have a same model, but I am using my hand-made fiber needles. Please check it out if you like.

High End. But. Speed is not constant

Mafia music XD

Be careful, you might get freak my the needle.