My Lady Dainty ( Bert Firman’s Dance Orchestra - 1929 ) May-Fair DeLuxe Model Gramophone.

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London born Bert Firman became the musical director for Zonophone records in 1924, this recording he made of “My Lady Mary” from 1929 was one of over 750 tracks he recorded for them in the following five years. The record is playing on a May-Fair DeLuxe model portable gramophone . These machines were obtained from the Ardath tobacco company in the early 1030s in exchange for cigarette coupons !

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24 апр 2024

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@peterpiets3631 2 месяца назад

Such a cool birdie at the right hand side 😊

@radiogramgramophonetoons5802 3 месяца назад

You should be outside with this wonderful warm April weather playing the gramophone !!

@RichardPGE 3 месяца назад

I did think about it, but as It’s rather cold here I didn’t fancy a broken mainspring ! 🙂

@gordonhughes3202 3 месяца назад

Fantastic

@radiogramgramophonetoons5802 3 месяца назад

@@RichardPGE …….. oh do main springs break in cold or chilly weather

@RichardPGE 3 месяца назад

@@radiogramgramophonetoons5802 If you take a gramophone from a warm room to a cold place or vice versa ( without letting the machine adjust to the temperature) , you run the risk of breaking a mainspring ! 🙁

@RichardPGE 3 месяца назад

@@gordonhughes3202 Glad you liked it Gordon, thanks once again ! 👍

@tiga4180 3 месяца назад

Other than my own, it's the first May-Fair portable I've seen. Learned that they & their records were obtained by collecting 'Ardrath' cigarette coupons. Would guess the gramophones are rare, as it would take much smoking to obtain one! As far as I know, the records are uncommon too. Do you know how long this promotion lasted & if it was successful? Also, wonder who made the parts. Certainly sounds like a quality machine, to rival the HMV 101.

@RichardPGE 3 месяца назад

That’s correct Paul , they were obtained from the Ardath tobacco company in exchange for cigarette coupons from around 1931-1933 , & were available in black , red & blue they also had their own record label & gave away May-Fair cameras too . The gramophones were quite well made & were fitted with Garrard motors. They turn up on Ebay fairly often but are usually not in very good condition. 🙂