The Primaphone was vended (but not manufactured, I don't think) by Edison Bell. There were two models, a table and a floor model. I don't know about yours but the floor model's horn had nickel-plated numbered buttons on each panel to assure deployment in the correct order, the last panel acting as a...

I am amazed at all the guesswork that poor phonophan79 has had to put up with! All Model 'C' Edisons (machines, not reproducers) and later (D-H) replaced the earlier end-bearings of the mandrel-shaft with a single centre-bearing. (This was done because Edison believed that there was resistance to cy...

I have only just stumbled on this question. The answer is that the house was Sherringham Hall in Norfolk and the owner of the machine was a man called Douglas Fitzpatrick. As I understand it the house was in the care of the National Trust and Mr.F and his partner were tenants. When they left many ye...

I badly need an HMV Type 52 'oilbath' motor of the pattern used in the early 1930's. This can be working or not- no problem. As the turntable is the standard type used on Model 32 and 34 motors this can be missing.
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