All the machines featured on this page will have been thoroughly serviced by The Repair Shop’s Gramophone Guru, with new mainsprings fitted. (The springs are made at the same Yorkshire factory that produced them for His Master’s Voice in the 1930s.) Each comes with 24 good condition popular records from the period, 200 brand new needles, and full operating instructions. Stored well and used correctly there is no reason these gramophones should not continue to give good service for the next 60 years!
HMV101L
An HMV 101L, one of the last versions of this popular machine with an automatic brake. Fully serviced with a brand new spring, complete with 200 new needles and full operating instructions. £180.00
COLUMBIA 202
A Columbia 202, 1936. A fully restored example of this high quality machine with a new spring fitted to the very robust Garrard No.50 motor. Complete with 200 new needles and full operating instructions, it also benefits from having had the turntable recovered in authentic period blue velvet. £200.00
DECCA 66
A Decca 66, dated 1/11/1954. It’s unusual to have so precise a date for a gramophone, and this attractive example was made late on in the wind-up period, consquently it has had very little use. It may have been a Christmas present in 1954, quickly rendered obsolete with the arrival of 7″ 45rpm singles on the UK market the following year. It has recently had a new spring and a full service and comes complete with 200 new needles and operating instructions. £220.00
HMV 97
An HMV 97 in green. A nice example of this lightweight portable from 1937, it has had a full service with a new spring fitted and comes complete with 200 needles and full operating instructions. £220.00
HMV101L
An HMV 101L in blue. A late version of this popular model having an automatic brake, this machine has had a new spring fitted and a full mechanical overhaul. It runs and sounds very well, but the exterior, although not scruffy, shows signs of age. £180.00
DECCA NURSERY GRAMOPHONE
A Decca Nursery gramophone from 1946. Reflecting the scarcity of chrome immediatly after WW2, the tone arm and turntable edge on this machine are painted bronze colour rather than plated. However it is in unusually good condition for a children’s gramophone and benefits from having a new spring and a full service. It also has a Meltrope 3 soundbox badged as Decca, but only a short internal horn. So more of a collector’s item than a really satisfying way of listening to records. It comes complete with 200 needles and full operating instructions. £160.00
EDISON BELL ‘ELECTRON’
An Edison Bell ‘Electron’ gramophone, 1934 – 36. An unusual portable, having an internal horn opening behind a decorative panel in the front, meaning you can close the lid whilst playing a record! Quite a heavy machine to carry any distance, but robust and good sounding. It has recently had a new spring and a full service and comes complete with 200 needles and full operating instructions. £220.00
HMV102C
An HMV 102C, with a brand new spring fitted and fully serviced. It has also been completely recovered and consequently looks unusually smart. This gramophone is the closest you’ll get to buying a new 102C this side of 1935! £230.00