This particular model is identical in every detail to the very first model I purchased on the afternoon of September 18th 1979 for£15 from an antique shop which in those days was the standard price.This was when I was 13 years old.What amazed me when I dismantled it for cleaning was how well constructed it was. I was particularly impressed with the horn that went all the way round the motor as opposed to a simple dish as on many other models.It was also the first time I had seen a spring motor in it’s own special casing. I had it for only a short while as I sold it on for £20 to a person who bought any gramophone off me . I had no difficulty in replacing it although they they were invariably the earlier type with the shorter spring
Thank you for the informative video! i am wanting do get a HMV for my mother this year for christmas and i am reading a lot about it. Yet there is still 1 burning question i have that you might know. Can you set the speed dial to 45 speed and swap the stylist/needle out for a 0.7-1mm one to play 45 speed records on it?
Afraid not! You can buy HMV and other makes of record players/gramophones but they need to be from the 1950s onwards. I get all my machines from eBay. Here’s a link. Good hunting. www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=gramophone&_trksid=p2380057.m4084.l2632&_sacat=175740
I recovered one of these models (1930, with automatic brake) Can more modern records (>1935 I belive) can be play on it with a good sound ? I heard that the way these records were produced was different and that it could be different on older gamophones.
I think it depends on where the records were made. In the US the composition of records was made softer as with electric pickups there was no need to have the record wear the needle to fit in the groove. In the UK, the composition of records stayed the same for longer, so 1930s records play fine. I also play 1940s ones on my acoustic gramophones but not usually 1950s ones. Different people will give you different advice on this though. Another thing that might help you is using fibre or thorn needles
Hi, I've just bought my first ever wind up gramaphone and I think it's one of these. The only differences I can spot are that it is covered in red/brown material and the majority of it's parts are of brass construction not chrome as on yours. What do you think of it's age and also even though it has a HMV label (on the record storage area) is it supposed to have a maker's plate ?
Hi They were made between 1925 and July 1931 when the model 102 was introduced. The main difference was that it had an auto brake which stopped the turntable rotating at the end of the record Here’s a link www.gramophones.info/gramophones.2010-18.hmv.101.black.html Enjoy!
Thank you so much for very informative video! Just bought my first portable gramophone
This particular model is identical in every detail to the very first model I purchased on the afternoon of September 18th 1979 for£15 from an antique shop which in those days was the standard price.This was when I was 13 years old.What amazed me when I dismantled it for cleaning was how well constructed it was. I was particularly impressed with the horn that went all the way round the motor as opposed to a simple dish as on many other models.It was also the first time I had seen a spring motor in it’s own special casing. I had it for only a short while as I sold it on for £20 to a person who bought any gramophone off me . I had no difficulty in replacing it although they they were invariably the earlier type with the shorter spring
Dang, it’s so surreal to think that this movie my sisters and I grew up with in VHS, is old enough that the soundtrack was released on *shellac.*
Thank you for the informative video! i am wanting do get a HMV for my mother this year for christmas and i am reading a lot about it. Yet there is still 1 burning question i have that you might know. Can you set the speed dial to 45 speed and swap the stylist/needle out for a 0.7-1mm one to play 45 speed records on it?
Afraid not! You can buy HMV and other makes of record players/gramophones but they need to be from the 1950s onwards. I get all my machines from eBay. Here’s a link. Good hunting. www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=gramophone&_trksid=p2380057.m4084.l2632&_sacat=175740
45s were not invented until 1949. They weren't really used until the 1950s. Same with 33s
I recovered one of these models (1930, with automatic brake)
Can more modern records (>1935 I belive) can be play on it with a good sound ?
I heard that the way these records were produced was different and that it could be different on older gamophones.
I think it depends on where the records were made. In the US the composition of records was made softer as with electric pickups there was no need to have the record wear the needle to fit in the groove. In the UK, the composition of records stayed the same for longer, so 1930s records play fine. I also play 1940s ones on my acoustic gramophones but not usually 1950s ones. Different people will give you different advice on this though. Another thing that might help you is using fibre or thorn needles
Hi, I've just bought my first ever wind up gramaphone and I think it's one of these.
The only differences I can spot are that it is covered in red/brown material and the majority of it's parts are of brass construction not chrome as on yours.
What do you think of it's age and also even though it has a HMV label (on the record storage area) is it supposed to have a maker's plate ?
Hi
They were made between 1925 and July 1931 when the model 102 was introduced. The main difference was that it had an auto brake which stopped the turntable rotating at the end of the record
Here’s a link
www.gramophones.info/gramophones.2010-18.hmv.101.black.html
Enjoy!