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- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.467.1
- Description
- This is a small, hand cranked, phonograph in a hinged wooden box. The box has a leather handle for carrying and the corners are reinforced with plated brass corners. here is a hole for the crank on the side of the box and the knob for the turntable brake is beside it. ca. 1926 The lid opens flat for use and the tone arm mounts on a sound box built into the inside of the top The turntable is 12 cm in diameter and is covered with green felt. The tone arm, reproducer and hand crank are stowed inside the box when it is closed. The phonograph reproducer is pressure fit into the end of the tone arm. The reproducer diaphragm is marked "SONATA / Registered No44481 / MADE IN SWITZERLAND". Twin anchors are on either side of the SONATA. The spring and drive mechanism is accessed by removing the bottom of the case. The mechanism is marked "THORENS / (cross and anchor logo) / SWISS MADE" There is no needle in the reproducer.
- Object History
- This Graphonette or small suitcase gramophone was made by Thorens of St. Croix, Switzerland, using a “SONATA” reproducer or sound box. These smaller phonographs were prised for their portability, but not for the loudness of their sound. These small machines were very popular after the First World War. The ability to play records anywhere had made them popular gifts for solders They remained popular through the 1920s. The Sonata is designed to play 10 inch, 78 RPM records. There is no need for a speed adjustment because 78 RPM was the standard speed for disks.
- Classification
- Sound Communication T&E
- Object Term
- Phonograph
- Measurements
- The overall measurements of the closed box is: Width 17 cm. X length 21.5 cm X thickness 13.5 cm.
- Country Made
- Switzerland
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