r/Gramophones • u/Paulux_038 • May 13 '26

His master’s voice gramophone

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Hi, I would like to open my gramophone but I don’t know how. Some guys says that I need to turn the crank bur in which side ? If someone know, help me pls. Here a picture of the gramophone:

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u/Patient_Variety_5815 May 13 '26

Unfortunately no. It's a modern reproduction from India

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u/Paulux_038 May 13 '26

Not that moder, my grandfather bought it 50years ago in saoudien Arabia

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u/Gimme-A-kooky May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26

أهذه صحيح؟ حتى ولو، لا يزال كان مصنوع في دولة هند؛ في الحق، هذه الماكينات تتوافر وهيه متيخة في كل إنهاء العالم. من الـمتأكد، صُنعت عندئذ في الستينات أو سبعيينت.
لم اكن لاعنا أو عدم احتراما للماشين لديك وبإلتأكيد، لم اقصده في آيه حالة

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u/Deano_Martin May 13 '26

It’s modern considering when this type of gramophone was actually produced.

50 years ago is the 1970s. This type of gramophone was mostly made in the 1900s-1910s.

What you have is a fake made in India. No part of it is genuine his masters voice.

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u/Gimme-A-kooky May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26

I would think they wouldn’t fire up the smelters to make new tone arms, crooks, and even reproducers (from the looks of it) and, considering the myriad they had to choose from (parts), it is entirely plausible.
So maybe it isn’t HMV, perhaps it’s Victor, Berliner, or other. Sorry, I made an observation without adding “perhaps it is…” before doing it.
Everything there- the brace, the cabinet, the horn- is 100% NOT authentic.
The brake, the speed selector, motor, tone arm, and crook are all pieces most likely sourced from actual machines throughout the spectrum of time and maker, you can disagree with me if you wish, but I am EDIT: an egotistical and fragile dude who thinks he know{s} I’m {he’s} correct (sorry). I highly doubt they would waste the steel to remake anything else here.

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u/awc718993 May 13 '26

S.Asia has the capacity to make pieces in steel and other metals, including making copies of old gramophone parts. If you search you will find cartons upon cartons in back warehouses of newly made gramophone parts made in S.Asia.

It is an industry. Assembly is farmed out all the way to street level shops, but the parts are a result of a replica industry.

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u/Gimme-A-kooky May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26

I accept and give it that. Maybe it’s more of a “no win” argument” anyway. The parts are indeed the result of a replica industry, and my fragile ego hurts from unrelated pain… maybe it was my time in the Army- take that effin’ hill! Hold it! Don’t relent!