GRAMOPHONES and PHONOGRAPHS
Help & Information from Ian Calderbank - UK
As a private Collector here in England I will try and answer your Gramophone queries.
Website last updated 17 May 2013
I started collecting Gramophones (especially HMV), Phonographs and related items back in 1989 and have also built up a large number of 78's by the Australian singer Peter Dawson.
GRAMOPHONES - HELP & INFORMATION
(Also Phonographs)
Common questions I am asked:-
Can you identify my Gramophone?. When was it made?. What's it worth?. My machine has a problem, can it be fixed?.
Where can I obtain Gramophone Needles?.
How do I operate it?. How do I Service it?
I have seen this Horn Gramophone, is it a reproduction?.
And so many more!
Further down this Web-page are details of models sold from my Collection - see what a Genuine HMV Gramophone looks like!
For Product Information and Advice
GRAMOPHONES - HELP AND INFORMATION
HIS MASTER'S GRAMOPHONE
THE BOOK OF HMV GRAMOPHONES
Comprehensive details of EVERY MODEL of HMV Gramophone
known to have been sold in the UK
(Spot the fake, or modifications to a genuine HMV Gramophone)
The book "HIS MASTER'S GRAMOPHONE" by Brian Oakley & Christopher Proudfoot
(Two of the UK's foremost authoritative Experts on HMV Gramophones)
Comprehensive descriptions and details including dates for
ALL known HMV Models of Gramophone
sold by HMV in the UK between 1897 & 1960
THIS SUMPTUOUS NEW BOOK
An Ideal Present for Fathers Day (16 June),
Birthdays, Christmas or just anytime?
HIS MASTER'S GRAMOPHONE
HMV GRAMOPHONES 1921 - 1936
(A very reasonably priced book)
Only a few copies of this much sought after book still remain
The book "HMV Gramophones 1921 - 1936"
In addition to descriptions of the various models and HMV Information
is the Owners Operating & Servicing Instructions for the HMV Model 102.
Since all wind-up models are mechanically similar these Instructions apply to all models of Gramophone.
HMV GRAMOPHONES 1921 - 1936
GRAMOPHONE RELATED ITEMS
FROM MY COLLECTION
FOR SALE
Needle Tins, Needle Sharpeners & Cutters, Decorative Items, China Models & much moreGRAMOPHONE NEEDLE TINS & ACCESSORIES
RARE MODEL OF HMV LONDON BUS
(IN ORIGINAL UNOPENED DISPLAY BOX)
FOR SALE
In 1984 HMV collaborated with Corgi in the production of a few models of the Red London Bus bearing the HMV logo
Corgi have recently manufactured a few more copies of this Bus
These Boxed Models are the 1984 originals as described in the HMV Collector's Book
THE HMV LONDON BUS
GRAMOPHONE NEEDLES
NEEDLES SHOULD BE CHANGED AFTER PLAYING EACH SIDE OF A RECORD;this has always been advised by needle manufacturers to prevent irreversible Record damage.
GRAMOPHONE NEEDLES FOR SALE
DESCRIPTIONS OF GRAMOPHONES SOLD FROM MY COLLECTION
This might be of interest to CollectorsHMV Horn Models:-
HMV Junior Monarch --- HMV Model V --- HMV Model VII --- HMV Cockleshell Monarch --- Zonophone (HMV) --- Zonophone Cardigan (HMV)
Horn Model:-
1920's Horn Model
HMV Portables:-
HMV 101 1925 / 1926 --- HMV 101 Circa 1927 --- HMV 101 Circa 1929 --- HMV 101 Circa 1930
HMV 102 1931 / 1932 --- HMV 102 Circa 1933 --- HMV 102 Circa 1936 --- HMV 102 Circa 1954
Portables:-
Micro-Perophone --- Decca Junior
HMV Table Top:-
HMV 107 --- HMV 108 --- HMV 109 --- HMV Model 1 --- HMV Model VI
HMV Floor Standing:-
HMV Sheraton The first "HMV" enclosed Horn Gramophone
HMV 163 --- HMV 157 --- HMV 211
Victrola (USA) Floor Standing:-
Credenza
( Possibly the best American acoustic Gramophone in the World )
EMG:-
EMG Xa
Miniature & Nursery (Toy):-
Excelda Camerophone --- Wondergram --- Bing Pigmyphone --- Bebephone
WANTED
Anything to do with the Expert and EMG GramophonesComplete machines, parts no matter how small or insignificant, literature and information, anything at all related to EMG and Expert machines.
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