HMV cabinet model identification and advice - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

OSthemagician · 17th Sep 2021, 12:48 pm

Hey everyone - how exciting, this is my first ever post!

I have restored a couple of random phonographs previously but have just been given a free HMV upright cabinet model and I need your help.

Firstly - would you know that model this would be?

There is no serial number under the turntable, however the motor is a G132 along with the original pictorial on the wood next to it.

The soundbox is not original - it has a "Rexophonic" - however the tonearm fits a HMV No 4 that I had laying around

I've attached a photo.

Any thoughts? Once I know the model I can do further research to see how to best bring this baby back to life...

Thanking you in anticipation,

Olga

rontech · 17th Sep 2021, 2:22 pm

I have found Ian Calderbank's web site very helpful. There is an email address button for questions at the end of his homepage. From my description he identified a 1929 HMV I used to own.

Simon Gittins · 17th Sep 2021, 4:44 pm

On many HMV models the needle container lifts out to reveal the model number.

Audio1950 · 18th Sep 2021, 10:10 am

It looks very like a 162 (1926 -29), but the illustration of that in the book shows the lid stay on the other side of the cabinet. If it IS a 162, then it should have a No.4 soundbox, a No.32 motor, and measure 40.5" high, 18.75" wide, and 20" deep. Hope this helps?

Barry

17th Sep 2021, 12:48 pm	#1
OSthemagician Diode Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Posts: 1	HMV cabinet model identification and advice Hey everyone - how exciting, this is my first ever post! I have restored a couple of random phonographs previously but have just been given a free HMV upright cabinet model and I need your help. Firstly - would you know that model this would be? There is no serial number under the turntable, however the motor is a G132 along with the original pictorial on the wood next to it. The soundbox is not original - it has a "Rexophonic" - however the tonearm fits a HMV No 4 that I had laying around I've attached a photo. Any thoughts? Once I know the model I can do further research to see how to best bring this baby back to life... Thanking you in anticipation, Olga Attached Thumbnails Last edited by OSthemagician; 17th Sep 2021 at 1:13 pm.

17th Sep 2021, 2:22 pm	#2
rontech Heptode Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Southport, Merseyside, UK. Posts: 646	Re: HMV cabinet model identification and advice I have found Ian Calderbank's web site very helpful. There is an email address button for questions at the end of his homepage. From my description he identified a 1929 HMV I used to own. __________________ Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana

17th Sep 2021, 4:44 pm	#3
Simon Gittins Heptode Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cornwall, UK. Posts: 506	Re: HMV cabinet model identification and advice On many HMV models the needle container lifts out to reveal the model number.

18th Sep 2021, 10:10 am	#4
Audio1950 Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Whittlesey, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK. Posts: 3,763	Re: HMV cabinet model identification and advice It looks very like a 162 (1926 -29), but the illustration of that in the book shows the lid stay on the other side of the cabinet. If it IS a 162, then it should have a No.4 soundbox, a No.32 motor, and measure 40.5" high, 18.75" wide, and 20" deep. Hope this helps? Barry