OT Collection, but right time era.

I was looking around the board and saw people on here collect all kinds of stuff. Here is what I collected for the last 10-15 years. I have since sold most of it off over the years to pursue my first true love... cars.

I have owned mostly 60's cars but now they are gone and I am currently looking for a HAMB vehicle. Hopefully a Model A I can run as a banger or put in a 59AB flathead I have sitting in the garage.

Anyway, thought you guys might like seeing this. Most of these Phonographs/Victrolas are from the early 1900's and music boxes are from the late 1800's (the oak Regina being from 1894).

I plan to sell of the remainder and put it towards a car if I ever find one I want.

Here are the pics of my "Victrola room"

 

Nice collection- you wouldn't happen to know Denny Boyles, would you?

 

Quite a collection.
Say "Hi" to Nipper for me.

 

Don't know him well, but have met him a few times and have been to his house and saw his collection. Very nice guy.

 

Thank you for posting the photos! What is the correct term for this type of "record" player?

 

Denny's great- I know him through collecting toy trains (I grew up in Narberth, PA), and he has some nice cars too!

Welcome to the HAMB!

 

This isn't a phonograph it's a music box. It pre-dates phonos. The sound that comes from these is way better than a scratchy record, BUT when the phonograph came out it actually had people talking on it which amazed the public so phonographs put the music box business... out of business. When Thomas Edison recorded and played back Mary had a Little Lamb on his tinfoil phonograph all the preachers at the time called him the devil.

 

Back in the 1960's my Dad drove for a lady that had a standup music box with draws below it filled with those disks, about 24 inches in diameter as I remember them. I'm tone deaf and clueless how anyone plays music, how they managed to punch out holes in disks to make music is rocket science to me.

 

The stand up models are really pricey these days and there are all different sizes of disks for different machines. They even have auto changers and coin op versions.

 

I remember seeing his train layout in the basement when I was there. It's pretty cool!

 

What an amazing collection ... I love stuff like that.

Are you at least going to keep one that was a favorite??

 

look at those beautiful cabinets.... now people download music from the internet and play it on little doo dads about the size of a pack of gum. this is one of the first signs that civilization as we know it is coming to an end.

 

I have a ca. 1915 Columbia Graphonola with the bottom "record ejector" storeage compartment. You control the sound level by closing or opening wooden doors in the front. The instructions say to change the needle after every record.

When I was really little, I decided my father's Victrola was too plain looking, so I took a pair of scissors and scratched what I thought was, a pretty design on the front & sides of that beautiful wood cabinet. Maybe that was the beginning (and end) of my pinstripping career? It was almost the end of my life and 55+ years later I can still recall how upset everyone was with me.

 

Oh man, that's just bitchen! Not OT to me

 

I have my grandmother's Grafonola, about the same era

I even have a copy of My Merry Oldsmobile hahaha

haven't played it in years, maybe I'll dig it out thanks!

 

and here it is.. heheheh

 

Very cool indeed, great stuff. Thanks for sharing. Slim

 

I have been known to spin a little vinyl on the old phonograph !!! Victor Talking Machine table top model fairly rare as I don't see these often !!!>>>>.

 

I will probably only keep one or two. I don't own most of them any longer as I sold most off to buy a car (that I cannot find!). They are out there so I can always get the more common machines. It's the rare ones that took so long to find, especially in the right condition.

 

Thanks for the compliments. I thought some of you guys would be interested in seeing them as they are pretty neat machines.

The cabinets and craftmanship is awesome, after 80-100 years most of the motors still run. Definately not made to wear out and be thrown away.

 

Wow, amazing collection you had!

 

All you can say about entertainment equipment from that era is... CRAFTSMANSHIP.

 

Thank you for sharing, amazing collection.

What kind of car are you looking for?

 

I originally started with wanting a Model A to eventually put a Flathead in.. but I think they may be way out of my abilities. so...

I think I have finally decided on a 35-39 Ford. I really like the 36-37 slantbacks, plus they seemed to be reasonably priced. I prefer it mostly stock so I can make the changes I want. I want to keep it flathead powered but drop it in the front and rear and just learn from the HAMB what else would be cool to do!

 

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=386995

Did you see this one?

 

I did see that one... sold quick.

I LOVE this one, but it's a too $$ high for me.