Musical automat gramophone ”Parlophone No 754
Musical automat gramophone ”Parlophone No 754
Germany, Berlin
Circa 1910
Carl Lindström A.G.
Steel, brass, bronze, wood, glass, mica; mechanical work, carpentry, tinwork, casting, electroplating, lacquering
110 x 52 x 36 cm
On the brass nameplate: “Parlophone No 754”; on the black label: “Musikhaus Hüni/ZÜRICH”. On the soundbox: “PARLOPHON” and an image of the company logo shaped as a stylized Latin letter “L”. On the tonearm sleeve: “4*B08627”.
Gramophone is mounted in a rectangular, tabletop wooden case finished in light lacquer. Visually, the facade of the case is divided into four tiers and decorated with a shaped finial with three windows. On the upper tier, there is a circular outlet of the built-in gramophone horn, which is enclosed by two doors with rectangular, wavy, light-yellow glass panels. The automaton is activated by dropping a coin into the coin slot located on the right side of the gramophone case. The second tier from the bottom is enclosed by a wooden panel featuring a socket for the winding crank and a brass nameplate with the gramophone model name.
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