Lest we forget, at the hight of the acoustic wind-up phonograph craze, every one wanted a piece of the action. Any furniture company, or cabinet maker could get works for "victrolas" and in short order were in the phonograph business! To most collectors, these are considered "off brand" phonographs, and have spotty collector interest. Obviously the more ornate, or the better the wood, the more interest.
I am from Wisconsin and just saw a "Singerphone" made in Milwaukee at a consignment shop. Never heard of it before, and also have no idea whether or not it has any historic connection to the Singer Sewing Machine Co.! Good luck! Jeff Wisconsin -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 7:45 AM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] new L member . Widdicomb -- Widdicomb Furniture Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan. December 1917. Other then the fact that the Widdicomb Phonograph was mfg. by the Widdicomb Furniture Company of Grand Rapids, Michigan and first advertised in the publication "Talking Machine World" in December of 1917, there is probably very little else know about this phonograph Unless you are able to do some research into the History of the Company. . I guess you could contact Tim Gracyk and see if you could obtain a copy of the Talking Machine World Advertisement , which certainly would be interesting to see, since you own one of their phonographs. Bruce ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Kaiser" < bkkcom @comcast.net> To: phono-l@ oldcrank .org Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 7:07:27 AM Subject: [Phono-L] new L member We have acquired a Widdicomb phonograph and was wondering if anyone can give us insight into its age etc? -------------- ATTACHMENT -------------- **An Attachment Was Scrubbed** Name: IMG _7030sm. jpg Type: image/ jpeg Size: 104825 bytes URL: < http :// oldcrank .org/ pipermail /phono-l/attachments/20110126/31a7d745/attachment. jpg > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http ://phono-l. oldcrank .org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
