- Country
- Great Britain (UK)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Gramophone Company Ltd., Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd.; London
- Year
- 1905–1911 ??
- Category
- Talking machine - Mechanical Gramophone/Phonograph
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 349623
- 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.
- Other Models
-
Here you find 19 models, 19 with images and 0 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Gramophone Company Ltd., Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd.; London