Info on this GE record maker from the 30's-40's

vettes76 · by **vettes76** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 3:19 am

Can someone please help me identify this piece?

TripleSpring · by **TripleSpring** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 3:25 pm

It is very similar to, but not the same as a 1942 Model JM-7, which you can view here-

http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/general_el_jm_7jm.html

The main difference seems to be your machine has microphone storage at the front.
I would say your was available in the same year as a slightly more expensive machine due the the larger cabinet size, or it was released within a year or 2 of the JM-7. I should imagine both internal mechanisms are exactly the same.
Judging by other GE models, they seem to have ran each particular style of phono-recorder in a block of numbers, so yours may be something like a JM-6, JM-8 or JM-9 etc. I haven't had a chance yet, but I might do a google search for these later & see if anything shows up.

vettes76 · by **vettes76** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 4:56 pm

Thank you very much for the info

Record-changer · by **Record-changer** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 4:55 am

I used to have a Stewart-Warner radio phono with the same turntable and arms.