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  1. 1918 Victrola: Your Instant Dance Party, Anywhere!

    💃 Relive the era when music from a cabinet phonograph was the heart of every gathering, promising 'keen wholesome pleasure' for everyone. 🎶

    #victrola #victor #hismastersvoice #nipper #1918 #1910s #ww1era #retroad #vintageads #nostalgia #antiqueaudio #phonograph #gramophone #dancing #music #entertainment

  2. The gramophone I was given. It's rusty, the soundbox is loose, the handle broken, but it still works ! and plays ok if I keep hold of the soundbox.

    I think it's a 1920s/30s Columbia 109a.

    I'm not sure why the inside, including the arm, horn, and case that typically is some sort of leatherette, has a thick badly applied covering of black gloss paint!

    It should be worth refurbishing, although removing the paint might be a messy and long job....

    #gramophone #78s

  3. Cheap but cursed circuit from 20th century era for small #gramophone / #phonograph using single pentode #valve / #tube and selenium rectifier - the whole chassis of the amplifier is connected to one side of mains - depending which way the plug is inserted, the chassis can sit at mains voltage! (and we had this in countries where the mains was 200-250V)

    Equipment like this is supposed to be well insulated (including grub screws in control knobs)