HMV wind up gramophone - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

Ferguson 2000 · 5th Feb 2018, 11:36 pm

I have the above which has been stored for many years. It has two doors which open and legs about 6 - 8 inches high, the plywood of the doors has started to separate. I think that it was made in the mid-nineteen twenties but cannot find a model number anywhere.

Are they collectable? One way or another it must go in the next few weeks.

Best wishes, Geoffrey.

RojDW48 · 6th Feb 2018, 12:38 am

HMV made a lot of wind ups - photos would help with assessment - also, does it work?

Audio1950 · 6th Feb 2018, 4:41 pm

I've been collecting HMV gramophones for about fifty years, and can't think of one that had legs that short! The model number is often on a little celluloid label under the circular needle tins. If you could post a picture, it can be identified immediately.

Ferguson 2000 · 23rd Mar 2018, 7:09 pm

Two pictures attached - I hope.

Audio1950 · 24th Mar 2018, 12:58 pm

It's a model 157, available from 1927 - 1933. Initial price £22.00 (in oak) eventually reduced to £18.00.

I'm still not sure about the height of the legs, but the overall height should be 36.25 inches. If you lift out the back one of the two round needle pots, there should be a celluloid disc in the bottom with the model number on it.

Barry

5th Feb 2018, 11:36 pm	#1
Ferguson 2000 Tetrode Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, UK. Posts: 80	HMV wind up gramophone I have the above which has been stored for many years. It has two doors which open and legs about 6 - 8 inches high, the plywood of the doors has started to separate. I think that it was made in the mid-nineteen twenties but cannot find a model number anywhere. Are they collectable? One way or another it must go in the next few weeks. Best wishes, Geoffrey.

6th Feb 2018, 12:38 am	#2
RojDW48 Nonode Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Bristol, UK. Posts: 2,074	Re: HMV wind up gramophone HMV made a lot of wind ups - photos would help with assessment - also, does it work? __________________ '....don't go mistaking Paradise for that home across the road!' (Bob Dylan)

6th Feb 2018, 4:41 pm	#3
Audio1950 Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Whittlesey, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK. Posts: 3,761	Re: HMV wind up gramophone I've been collecting HMV gramophones for about fifty years, and can't think of one that had legs that short! The model number is often on a little celluloid label under the circular needle tins. If you could post a picture, it can be identified immediately.

23rd Mar 2018, 7:09 pm	#4
Ferguson 2000 Tetrode Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, UK. Posts: 80	Re: HMV wind up gramophone Two pictures attached - I hope. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Best wishes, Geoffrey.

24th Mar 2018, 12:58 pm	#5
Audio1950 Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Whittlesey, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK. Posts: 3,761	Re: HMV wind up gramophone It's a model 157, available from 1927 - 1933. Initial price £22.00 (in oak) eventually reduced to £18.00. I'm still not sure about the height of the legs, but the overall height should be 36.25 inches. If you lift out the back one of the two round needle pots, there should be a celluloid disc in the bottom with the model number on it. Barry