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15th Dec 2019, 1:36 pm | #1 |
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Collaro Record Player
Now here's a query
Does anyone know if Collaro made a 1940s Record Player in a cabinet with a roll top lid My old school had one and i wonder if it was a production model or specially made I've never seen one since |
15th Dec 2019, 7:22 pm | #2 |
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Re: Collaro Record Player
I found this picture, but I have no further details.
John |
15th Dec 2019, 7:49 pm | #3 |
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Re: Collaro Record Player
Hi John
Yes I've seen that model The one we had at school was a single player and played 78s only Sharon |
15th Dec 2019, 11:20 pm | #4 |
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Re: Collaro Record Player
They made record decks in the 1940's but the cabinet would have been outsourced or the decks bought by a company who put them in their own cabinets.
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16th Dec 2019, 10:25 am | #5 |
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Re: Collaro Record Player
Ah thank you for the information
Do you know of anyone who used a Collaro deck and put it in a roll top cabinet? |
16th Dec 2019, 11:25 am | #6 |
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Re: Collaro Record Player
The roll top record player that John has mentioned is a Ferguson from around 1958 fitted with the Collaro deck.
'Plus O Gram' [Margolin] marketed many add on record player units in many styles of cabinet including models with Collaro decks. J |
16th Dec 2019, 1:08 pm | #7 |
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Re: Collaro Record Player
There was a Sobell table radiogram with a roll top which had a single speed single play deck, Collaro I think, some may have had a changer
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16th Dec 2019, 2:20 pm | #8 |
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Re: Collaro Record Player
Clarke & Smith perhaps.
At school in the 50's, all of the sound equipment by C & S, Collaro decks but by then 3 speed. Even a twin deck IIRC using 2 Collaro single players. Alan |
16th Dec 2019, 2:47 pm | #9 |
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Re: Collaro Record Player
I have seen most of the Plus-A-Grams,
However I'm just wondering if Sobell just made a 1940s Record Player with a Roll, Top Lid I only ever remember seeing the one we had at school, never seen another one |
16th Dec 2019, 10:01 pm | #10 |
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Re: Collaro Record Player
I don't know of any Plus-O-Grams with a roll top. They always used pull-out draw type housings for their decks and these were situated underneath a flat top on which to stand the companion radio.
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18th Dec 2019, 11:31 am | #11 |
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Re: Collaro Record Player
Hi Edward
None of the Plus-A-Grams used roll top cabinets As you say they all used pull out drawers Actually Plus-A-Grams were made by Margolin who went on to make Dansettes |