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- HMV 102 plays some records and not others.
Re: HMV 102 plays some records and not others by OrthoFan » Mon Dec 22, 2025 11:02 pm I agree with "Orchorsol" Along this line, is the sound box's throat gasket in good, SOFT condition? If it's hard, that will impose more back and forth resistance on the record, especially ones with slightly worn grooves
- HMV 5A 5B soundbox differences - Talking Machine
Re: HMV 5A 5B soundbox differences by Inigo » Mon Mar 19, 2018 8:59 pm Yes, Mike I am planning to do similar recordings with my mobile phone, which seems to work finer that I suspected, judging by the YouTube vídeo I will prepare recordings of the same record with the 102 and 194 using both sound boxes A true video for comparison
- HMV Sound Box with plain backplate - The Talking Machine Forum — For . . .
Hi all, I came across this HMV sound box with plain backplate online From the diaphragm, I think it should be a HMV 5B There is however no marking at the backplate I also noted that one of the screws at the front cover is missing May I know if this would possibly mean that the backplate was changed at some point in time? Is such replacement backplate common and whether there is any known
- Project HMV 118. Too far gone? - The Talking Machine Forum — For All . . .
Project HMV 118 Too far gone? by Jaso » Mon May 26, 2025 4:33 am Got these remains of a HMV 118 from a fellow forum member John nearly a couple of years ago It is pretty gone, but there is still ebough left to save it I like to think any gramophone can be saved as long as there is serial number tag left
- British European Machines - The Talking Machine Forum — For All . . .
HMV 102 plays some records and not others by mikeverrechia » Sat Dec 20, 2025 7:33 pm 1 2 Replies: 14 Views: 829 Last post by mikeverrechia Wed Dec 24, 2025 3:14 pm
- New soundbox on an old gramophone - Talking Machine
Many pre-1925 HMV machines, for example, were retrospectively fitted with the No 4 soundbox which was introduced to play the new electrical recordings Given a suitable soundbox, a good external horn machine will out perform most internal horn machines of pre-1925 design Most of these are little more than table models with added record storage
- HMV - The Talking Machine Forum — For All Antique Phonographs Recordings
HMV was an affiliate of the Victor company but didn’t have the rights to the Western Electric Bell system patents for the orthophonic Victrola So to play the new electric recordings HMV came up with #4 swan neck tone arm design
- Assistance Identifying an HMV Portable Model - The Talking Machine . . .
Re: Assistance Identifying an HMV Portable Model by Inigo » Thu Mar 05, 2020 6:22 am I believe those carried the later no21 or 23, dunno which one was badged Columbia or hmv, but were pretty much the same, a later version of the old 1926 Columbia Viva Tonal no15, with slightly different ball bearings housing
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