1034 - Horn gramophone with Exhibition soundbox, records and accessories, early 20th century

Horn gramophone with Exhibition soundbox, records and accessories, early 20th century Table gramophone with external brass-coloured horn. Square wooden case in architectural form with fluted pilasters, relief base frieze and metal corner mounts, winding crank with wooden handle at the side. On the top plate turntable with green felt, speed regulator and brake. Swivelling tone arm, soundbox inscribed “EXHIBITION SOUNDBOX”, “MADE ABROAD” and “LONDON-BERLIN-PARIS”. Conical brass-coloured horn with flared mouth and black lacquered elbow. Starts running. Condition commensurate with age, horn dented and scratched with trace of soldering, traces of corrosion, mica diaphragm of the soundbox with cracks, case with small veneer losses. Together with wooden record stand, three needle tins with needles and a group of shellac records, mostly Amiga, as well as Eterna and Derby. Viewing recommended. 70x36x72 cm (HxWxD) From 1904 the Exhibition soundbox was the standard soundbox of the Gramophone Company; the addition “Made Abroad” goes back to the British requirement to mark imported goods, the place names refer to the company's branches in London, Berlin and Paris. The accompanying records of the GDR labels Amiga and Eterna are considerably younger than the apparatus and show the stock that accumulated through use.