Mikiphone Pocket Phonograph
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 พ.ย. 2013
- A clip of my 1926 Mikiphone Pocket Phonograph. This remarkable portable gramophone, manufactured by Paillard in Switzerland, packs up into its metal case for transportation and resembles a large pocket watch measuring approximately 4½" in diameter. All of the parts store inside including the turntable, soundbox and resonator. Although the turntable is only 4" it will easily play full sized records.
The motor has been just serviced and adjusted, the turntable felt has been replaced and the soundbox rebuilt with new gaskets and diaphrgam.
The recording is 'Nobody's Sweetheart' played by Mackenzie & Condon's Chicagoans on Parlophone R643 dating from around 1930.
Please visit www.thegramophonecollector.com for more details of my collection.
techmoan sent me here. wow the real version sounds so much better
anybody here from techmoan? this one sure sounds better!
Wow! It actually sound good! I just came from a Techmoan video, where he tested a repro that sounded horrific!
You know what? You inspired me to get a Mikiphone of my own! It just arrived today, and being 89 years old, it has a few challenges to work out. I immediately serviced the motor with fresh lubrication. It may need a shim added under the main spring to better align the wind up gears. Often it kicks back, as I wind it up, and rapidly unwinds in my fingers. The bakelite speaker assembly is an excessively tight fit when packed in the case. I think the bakelite has slightly shrunken with age. It has to be carefully pried to open it from its tenacious grip. Yours looks pretty loose as it should have been originally. I wonder if any safe modification can help it pack and unpack? The soundbox needs to be rebuilt with new rubber gaskets. It mostly rattles as it plays. The turntable has the original faded red felt. Any advice will be much appreciated! Thanks for your video.
Techmoan sent me.
Sent from techmoan
There's probably thousands of comments already stating this but hell I'm just going to say it anyway. This sounds 100 times better than the one Techmoan had.
Really a marvel of miniturisation, no batteries!
nice hairy arms
I absolutely adore all these pocket gramophones! This one is especially impressive since even I (a woman) could fit it in the back pockets of my jeans. Although the sound quality may not be the very best out there, it's impressive none the less.
It’s amazing that they made a record player so compact and small in 1926!
What a great condition! This record is Gene Krupa's debut recording from 1928.
The real version sounds awesome . That amazing .
This sounds a lot better than the knockoff replica in the Techmoan video. I wont knock it for the worbles in the sound, it was 93 years old when this video was posted. To have a portable music playback device in 1926 must have seemed like the future.
The wow and flutter stability on this is remarkable. I'm seriously impressed at how precise the engineering is here - a portable gramophone with similar reproduction quality to a low-end full-size one. Not the greatest by any means but still exceptional. Absolutely staggering.
I can imagine someone taking one of these with them on a date at the park. Fumbling with it around for a bit before it makes the glorious sound of music.
Absolutely beautiful!! You are lucky to have one... They are either pretty hard to get or super expensive. Yours looks awesome!!! Greetings from Chile 🇨🇱
I can't believe the copyright for the music is still in effect, and that they care enough to monetize your video. Suck it, EMI.
This popped up as one of the videos when you open youtube. This is pretty cool. I've seen a lot of Techmoan's videos, but he didn't bring me to this one. Thanks for sharing.
This is fantastic