A rare Gramophone Grand cabinet gramophone with G & T Exhibition soundbox 224339 on gooseneck tone-arm, triple-spring worm-drive motor with cast iron yielding turntable and mahogany case of Chippendale design with blind-fret frieze and carved door mouldings --45in. (117cm.) high, 1907-8 with a G & T album of records and two later needle tins

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A rare Gramophone Grand cabinet gramophone with G & T Exhibition soundbox 224339 on gooseneck tone-arm, triple-spring worm-drive motor with cast iron yielding turntable and mahogany case of Chippendale design with blind-fret frieze and carved door mouldings --45in. (117cm.) high, 1907-8 with a G & T album of records and two later needle tins

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The Gramophone Grand was the first enclosed-horn gramophone from the Gramophone & Typewriter Ltd in 1907. Only two styles were available - Chippendale and Sheraton. The Bijou Grands, technically identical but in narrower cabinets, appeared in 1908.

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