Thursday, April 11, 2013

The Portable Gramophone

Photos taken inside the Hobart Historical Society museum: portable hand-cranked record player.

Handcranked phonograph crank
(Click on images to enlarge)

Handle

Handcranked phonograph in better focus

Speeds from slow to fast. It looks as if the user could make gradual adjustments along the speed continuum.

Speed adjustor

We seem to be missing the stylus.

Missing stylus

I think this lettering is beautiful.

The Decca The Portable Gramophone

No date on this, but I'm guessing the 1920s.

Some photos of various models of Decca portables, restored, can be found here.

Semi-artsy pic of record.

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