Phonoland

Hij there,

Van anyone tell me the brand of my phonograph?
I surely hope someone can.

Greetings from the netherlands

It's hard to tell, just by seeing the "I.D. Plate." The only reference to an EPW gramophone--(if that's what the letters are)--I found online mentioned "India," which is a major source of fake gramophones. They are referred to as "Crap-O-Phones" by collectors.

If you have a chance, please post some photos of the whole machine. That might help identify it.

Joe

Hi Joe,
I thought those Indian built units all carried the "Fono-crap", brand name ?
Ron Rich

Ron Rich wrote:Hi Joe,
I thought those Indian built units all carried the "Fono-crap", brand name ?
Ron Rich

It would make life a lot easier for phonophiles if they did.

Adding to the confusion for those new to the hobby: oftentimes, they'll stick an authentic ID plate culled from a Victrola cabinet model onto one of their slapped together outside-horn Crap-O-Phone cabinets. For anyone knowledgeable about Victor Talking Machines, this is no problem, since Victor-Victrola.com provides a description of almost every machine Victor made, by model number -- http://www.victor-victrola.com/new_page_2.htm. But, those new to the hobby, or too inept to do any online research, might be duped.

At this point, for all I know, the OP may be asking about an internal horn cabinet model that had a two week production run, so I'll suspend judgement until he responds with some more photos.

Joe

Hi Joe,
My favorite are the"stories" made up by the "Used car salesmen" attempting to find a sucker on ePay !
Some of the "stuff" written, puts human brains to the test--if not inside their offerings ! But i get contacted by people who have fallen for the tale, much too often ! Ron Rich

I just realized that EPW could also stand for "Edison Phonograph Works," but I've never seen that plate used on any Edison product.

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