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  • Description

    gramophone, triangular shaped, three curved legs, lid hinge on one side with lid stick, inside lid - plate label "Classic", metal playing arm with needle, metal turntable with blue felt covering/pad, three hollowed out containers containing old needles - metal and fibre needles, metal crank handle with wooden knob on left proper side, fretwork on right proper side panel

    1 ‘Classic’ gramophone

    Enoch Jorgenson, Newtown, Wellington, New Zealand, circa 1926

    wood, metal, felt, 1120 x 900 x 740 mm

    labelled ‘CLASSIC’

    1998.60.217 Castle 338

    The gramophone, constructed by a local maker Enoch Jorgenson, features his patented triangular horn.

    The Castle collection contained numerous gramophones on which they used to play their large collection of classical records.

  • Place
    Newtown/Wellington/New Zealand
  • Accession Number
    1998.60.217
  • Accession Date
    10 Oct 1998
  • Other Id

    338 (Castle)

    1 (Maureen)

  • Department

    Applied Arts and Design

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