2013-10-23

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POPULAR WOODEN TOY FROM THE EARLY 1930’S?

 


Who wouldn't want to get such a marvelous Christmas gift?


No trademark found. The still working spring motor is made in Switzerland. Shellac records 78 rpm of small diameters could be used on this machine. The sound volume was controlled by adjusting the amount of "door" opening.

Though inventor Emile Berliner's very first crude Gramophones were regarded as amusing toys. Rapid improvements were made. Clockwork motors were installed and record material was perfected in a few years. So in the long run the Gramophone discs drove Edison’s Phonograph rolls out of the market.

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