• Year
  • 1905–1911 ??
  • Category
  • Talking machine - Mechanical Gramophone/Phonograph 
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 349623

 Technical Specifications

  • Wave bands
  • - without
  • Details
  • Other Recorder/Player
  • Power type and voltage
  • Solar- and/or muscle driven, also addl. power jack possible
  • Loudspeaker
  • Horn
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Monarch Senior - Gramophone Company Ltd.,
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, with any shape - general.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 13.5 x 7.25 x 13.5 inch / 343 x 184 x 343 mm
  • Notes
  • The British Gramophone & Typewriter Company introduced the Monarch Senior Gramophone in 1905. The company produced two distinct models of the Monarch Senior gramophone between 1905 and 1911.

    First Monarch Senior (1905):

    • Introduced by the British Gramophone & Typewriter Company in 1905.
    • Features an ornate oak case with egg-and-dart mouldings and round corner columns.
    • Equipped with a triple-spring worm-drive motor and a 12” turntable.
    • Includes a Gramophone & Typewriter Exhibition sound box.
    • The black-painted horn is a flower horn.
    • Gained fame when presented to Captain Robert Falcon Scott for his Terra Nova expedition to Antarctica and the South Pole in 1910.

    The Ionic (1907-1911):

    • A new mahogany Monarch Senior model available in Great Britain.
    • Substantially different design, less fussy than the original.
    • Named “The Ionic” due to the Ionic capitals on the four corner columns.
    • Gramophones were equipped with either flower or morning glory horns.
    • Upscale 3-spring models could be upgraded with smooth or speartip oak or mahogany horns, ranging from 18.5" to 22" in diameter
  • Mentioned in
  • -- Original prospect or advert (“Fonografi e Grammofoni” Marco Contini, BE-MA editor, Italy, Milan 1987.)
  • Author
  • Model page created by Pier Antonio Aluffi. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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