How do I go about dating my Panatrope?

ataraxia - 3 · by **ataraxia - 3** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 3:42 am

Hello,

I was hoping that somenone would be able to direct me in figuring out the date of manufacutre and value of my :

" Panatrope (Brunswick)
Exponential Type
10-7
259390"
The above info. was located on a metal tag beside the turntable.

It has been professionally restored and is in perfect working order.

Thanks!

marcapra · by **marcapra** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 5:53 am

I own two acoustic Brunswick Panatropes. There is not a lot of info on Brunswick, but we know some basic dates. The first Panatrope Exponential types had Spanish names, for ex. Madrid, Valencia, Cortez, etc. I think they were copying Victrola's Credenza, Consolette, Granada, etc. Then about 1927 Victrola dropped the colorful names and changed them to model numbers like 8-30, 4-4, etc. That is probably the time that Brunswick dropped its Spanish-named models and went with the P-9, and other model names. So your phonograph is probably a 1927 or 1928 model, since by 1929 Brunswick went to all electronic phonographs, except for portables.