Portable gramophone “Mascot”
Portable gramophone “Mascot”
Germany, Berlin
The 1920s
Carl Lindström A.G.
Wood, steel, fabrikoid, woollen cloth; carpentry and mechanical work, chrome plating
34.5 x 28 x 14.5 cm
34.5 x 28 x 14.5 cm The manufacturer trademark on the lid inner side – stylized Latin letter “L”; the inscription “Parlophone” and the image of a gramophone. On the sound box case: “PARLOPHONE 301”, “D.R.G.M.”, “MADE IN GERMANY BY CARL LINDSTRÖM A.G. BERLIN” The manufacturer trademark on the lid inner side – stylized Latin letter “L”; the inscription “Parlophone” and the image of a gramophone. On the sound box case: “PARLOPHONE 301”, “D.R.G.M.”, “MADE IN GERMANY BY CARL LINDSTRÖM A.G. BERLIN”
Gramophone is mounted in wooden, covered with black fabrikoid suitcase-shaped case with rounded corners and metal feet on the bottom and right sides. The case hinged lid with latch is fixed in open position by the spring locking bar. Carrying handle is fixed on the case lateral side. The image of the trademark made in decalcomania technique is on the lid inner side. Angles are mounted as records holders on the lateral walls inside the lid; hinged plunger pin is on the front side. Crank clamps and two open-end electric connectors are on the rear side. Main plate, on which all gramophone units are mounted, is inside the case. A spring motor with protruding arbor, on which a disk is spindled, is on the panel bottom part. Presswork turntable with polished rim is pasted with green woollen cloth. The spring motor is winded with a crank, which fits into the slot on the case front side. Speed regulator lever with the nameplate with arrows and signs “+” and “-” is behind the turntable to the right, the auto-stop lever and sliding activating lever are behind, to the right. A cup for new needles is in the left front corner of the main plate. Oblong aperture is in the cap rim for utilization of the expended, after having taken out the cup, they can be removed. The narrow end of the horn comes from behind the panel in the far left corner, on which the S-shaped tube tonearm with sound box on swivel bend is mounted. Aluminum diaphragm is fixed to the box carbolite base and covered with painted black ornately slotted lid. Trademark in the form of the stylized Latin letter "L" is engraved on the lid centre. The needle is fixed in the holder by a knurled screw. The hidden gramophone horn is located under the main plate. Sound comes out from behind the panel and is routed by the slantwise bar with the model name “MASCOT”. In non-operating position, the tonearm is embedded in the case behind the main plate.
Инв.933.1-2/УВЗ