Magnificent HMV (His Master Voice) Mantel Gramophone Model 103. 1920s.

Magnificent Gramophone His Master's Voice (His master's voice), model 103. Manufactured in the mid 20's. Elegant box in quality wood with excellent aesthetic and functional characteristics. Attached automatic brake and speed control that previous models do not have. Engine no.426 and genuine HMV brand reproducer no.4. The two rectangular doors at the front allow some volume control, a feature that other models such as the 104 or 130 did not have. This is a genuine piece, with all original parts, a far cry from the usual copies that can be found on the market. This piece has the original logo located on the inside of the lid, with the paint of the time. It is in perfect working order, with a motor is smooth and quiet. It sounds great, with a clear and clean sound. It attaches several records and enough needles to make it work. The gramophone will be a hard competitor of the phonograph when the German Emile Berliner invented it in 1887. It was a new reproducer device not based on the Edisonian cylinder, but on that round surface despised by the father of the phonograph, developing the recording laterally, through the groove instead of up and down. Between the disc and the cylinder there would be a fierce struggle, which ends up winning the disc thanks to an aggressive advertising campaign that would make this format would get more and more followers. The brand "His Master Voice" (HMV) is perfectly identifiable by the logo of the famous dog Nipper listening to a gramophone, although what many people do not know is that this logo was first designed for the phonograph, but eventually it would be changed. In its May 1930 catalog the brand presents a wide repertoire of gramophones in which the external horns have already been eliminated and the models with excellent internal horns and what is more novel: the first electric devices have been incorporated. The fact of including the horn inside the machine itself gave the device a more compact and solid aspect. Magnificent piece that every great collector or lover of good music should have. Measured closed: 47 x 41 x 33 cms.