Yes a real ripoff copy of Edison's gem wonder if there were any copyright injunctions regarding this ,

Hi Well spotted that man !, missed that myself, it was the rubber insert not fully seated now fixed thanks for the spot !😁

Possibly sold by a chain of stores now long gone & forgotten

Thanks ,yes have never seen one of these no doubt Mr Edison had a word to say regarding copyright on these , I guess they were sold from a chain of stores now long gone

Hi You can usually pick them up on E-Bay worth keeping an eye open The American E-Bay site E-Bay .com usually has a regular supply of these , however not so cheap now & posage has gone through the roof 🥶

@@fitang1 Thank you!

I’ve got the four min version of that song but by different artists

@@Wasabi9111 That would be good to hear.

the early one does have a collaro motor the early 30s machine fitted with garrard deck big differance in price between these & HMV 101 were £8.10 s for coloured portables & £11 for the leather covered one , the nat bands were £3.10S for single spring motor & £4 for 2 spring 😁

@@fitang1 Quite a price difference. HMV had some serious competition. Thanks for info on decks & motors.

@@tiga4180 Yep especially when you concider the average wage then was arounf £2.50 a week !?

Good performance from a cheap machine, getting 65% performance, at less than 30% of price.

@@AlbertBenajam-ww1db Yep was quite surprised at the sound quality from these ,price of these new was around £4 whereas a HMV 101 would have set you back £8 for coloured rexine covered case

Yep most of the very early phonographs had this type of key wind system Edison favoured the crank style handle but used the key type on his early Gem Phonographs

oh okay nice

that would be awesome + the size of the unit to load the disc something out of Flash Gorden 😂

Hi The horn came with the machine but was very oxidised required a lot of elbow grease to get the thing shiny again 😬

Całkiem się z tym zgadzam, trzeba włożyć w to dużo pracy, żeby dało się je odtwarzać😆

By sorting through the spare parts draw & some effort , you can correct all the poor workmanship & come up with a half decent machine which will play well

You did a great job Tommy !!!! My compliments !!!!!

Hi Thanks for the reply, the 4, main things on these is the 45 degree badly soldered elbow,rubbish repro soundbox , warped turntable & sloppy fit on tone arm to elbow , get these sorted & give the motor a good service clean & service & you are more then half way there to getting a reasonable machine

Yes you can play lP records on it but requires a lot of handle turning ,there is a electric motor attarchment avalable to circumnavigate this problem

well yes you can but requires a lot of cranking of the handle ok for 45 RPM single records

these were off market Gramophones so not worth as much as the HMV /Columbia machines price between £25-50

this is known as the Portable senior model fitted with a 2 spring Garrard motor & motor board of inlaid woods cost £3:10when new in 1930

@@fitang1 Thank you so much!! I'm documenting a vast gramophone collection and this information helps me a lot! Thanks again for your kindness!😘