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Old Modern Handicrafts 1911 HMV Gramophone Monarch Model V
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About Old Modern Handicrafts 1911 HMV Gramophone Monarch
Gramophone records could produce a higher volume than the phonograph or graphophone records of the day. That's because the volume of a record was directly related to how hard the tonearm was pressed into the groove--the harder you pressed, the more sound came out, but at some point the pressure damaged the recording. For a few years at least, before the phonograph was improved, the Berliner disc could produce a loud, room-filling sound. He set up a small recording studio in 1896 and by 1897 had developed an improved phonograph. The disc business was off and running. The victor talking machine company, formed in 1901, commercialized the gramophone based on Berliners patents, while in the U.K. The gramophone company had been formed in 1897 to do much the same thing. Berliner, a native German, also formed the deutsche Grammofon company with his brother in 1898. The success of the disc was such that in 1912, Edison at last began offering disc-type phonographs and records for sale in recognition of the large number of disks on the market. Cylinder machines and records, however, were still produced until the demise of Edisons entertainment phonograph division in 1929. This is a beautiful antique 1911 HMV gramophone monarch model v horn. HMV stands for "his masters voice", is a trademark in the music business, and for many years was the name of a large record label. The name was coined in 1899 as the title of a painting of the dog nipper listening to a wind-up gramophone. This model is handmade on a 1:1 scale using wood and iron. Every detail such as the horn and storage box is carefully crafted just like a real one. A must have for the collector and enthusiast.
