At the time that thing was made, 1920s-1930s, the modern LP and 45 rpm 7" single didn't exist. 78 rpm was the only speed, and so a 12" record only had a max of 4-5 minutes of recording time available on it. The modern LP wasn't introduced until 1948, and the 7" 45 rpm single a year later, in 1949.
It's so cute that you carry this little thing but the records you need to play are 12". It's like a video game system so small it's just a cap on the end of a big old cartridge. I can't wait to see someone make a tiny steampunk ipod that actually plays tiny records, either vinyl or maybe metal plates with pins like you find in old music boxes. There could be a switch to select the tune, and optional mini plug-in horn or "headphones", which would naturally be big and primitive.
I like to mix the two... I like certain aspects of Victorian styling, but I also love the elegant, but simple streamlined Art-Deco styling of the 30's and 40's too..
My oh my. I can assume these pocket phonograph players are nowhere to be found by now. If they where for sale today, how much do you believe they would sell for? I would love to buy one if I could afford it!
Quoting a previous comment: "That's Django, Stephane Grappelly and the "Quintet Of the Hot Club Of France" in their famous 1937 recording of "Ain't Misbehavin'" "
You could probably make an MP3 file of playing it at 45 or 33 then use software to speed it up. I don't know what software exists to do that, but I recall seeing it.
Hello, I found one of these in my great-grandfather's stuff. The only thing it lacks is the needle. When I googled needles for gramophones it had a price range between 10 and 70$. What's the difference? Thanks
I guess the difference mainly was the quantity sold I guess. Gramophone needles are to be used on one side of a disc only so they are sold in quantity packs like 100, 400, etc... You can find some at good prices on ebay with different volume power depending on their size. If your Mikk comes out of the attic the rubber gaskets and perhaps the diaphragm are perished and need replacement, as well as the motor might need re-lubrication.
That's Django, Stephane Grappelly and the "Quintet Of the Hot Club Of France" in their famous 1937 recording of "Ain't Misbehavin'"...very impressive on both counts [record AND "pocket phonograph]!
I believe that style of Retro-SciFi is generally known as "Dieselpunk" and also tends to cover the WWII era... Basically think "Sky Captain" or "The Rocketeer" My own "Steampunk" creations borrow about equally from the Victorian era and 1930's-40's....
