Anyone who can identify this HMV?

engbo · by **engbo** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 8:16 am

thanks
kindest regards

eng bo

STEVE · by **STEVE** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:49 am

Yes, it is an HMV 153 from 1936 (ish) or to quote Christopher Proudfoot:

a sad swansong for the HMV cabinet gramophone

I'd go even further and say it was a travesty!

Think HMV 157 horn (the smallest and most feeble of the earlier proper full cabinet sized internal horned machines) repackaged in a pseudo modern radio-gram styled cabinet.

I actually bought an example some years ago in an auction for

engbo · by **engbo** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 8:48 pm

Thank you for your quick reply. I'll keep you all posted if i'm going to buy it or not...
Eng Bo

Guest · by **Guest** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 11:20 pm

And it's not...Waited too long...It's gone now

engbo · by **engbo** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 11:22 pm

And it's not...Waited too long...It's gone now

and that was me, eng bo

Anyone who can identify this HMV?

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Anyone who can identify this HMV?

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