I assume they were auctioned as reproduction Gramophones as opposed to "Restored Originals". ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Glastris" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 2:29 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] What's the story on the original indian machines?????
> Quite simple,there was a market for horn gramophones in India throughout > the > 1930s, and Swiss manufacturers like Paillard, as well as HMV who had a > factory near Calcutta, continued to supply this market. That is why there > were so many horn gramophones in India for people to import over here and > especially in the UK in the 1970s, and as the supply ran out, the Indians > developed their own replacements. In the early 1990s/late 1980s there was > a > small flood of these in the auction houses where I was working at the time > (Christie's and Phillips') and some actually made respectable prices (in > the > low hundreds of pounds when name brand machines were making in the mid > hundreds and upwards), but that didn't last long, especially as the supply > of better quality and condition ones soon ended. > > Regards to all, > George Glastris > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mario Frazzetto" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 3:39 PM > Subject: [Phono-L] What's the story on the original indian machines????? > > >> Hi Folks, >> >> Well I know about crapophones and frankenphones, but what is the story on >> some of these early indian horn phonographs.... I see transfers for >> Leophones etc... >> >> Anyone know anything about early phonograph/gramophone production in >> India? Models? or are all Indian phonographs late model crapophones? >> It seems to be an unexplored side. >> >> Cheers, >> Mario >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> [email protected] >> >> Phono-L Archive >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ >> >> Support Phono-L >> http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/476 - Release Date: >> 10/14/2006 >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ > > Support Phono-L > http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank
