P.A.O.

HMV (Brand), His Masters Voice, The Gramophone Company Ltd.; Middlesex

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  • Year
  • 1920–1922 ?
  • Category
  • Talking machine - Mechanical Gramophone/Phonograph 
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 355377

 Technical Specifications

  • Wave bands
  • - without
  • Details
  • Record Player (not changer)
  • Power type and voltage
  • Solar- and/or muscle driven, also addl. power jack possible
  • Loudspeaker
  • Horn
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: P.A.O. - HMV Brand, His Masters Voice,
  • Shape
  • Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 295 x 265 x 375 mm / 11.6 x 10.4 x 14.8 inch
  • Notes

  • The company´s first true portable. The first P.A.O. sold in February 1920.

    P.A.O. means:

    • P = portable model
    • A = first model 
    • O = oak case

    Single spring motor No. 28, 10-inch turntable, HMV Exhibition soundbox

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 15.00 GBP
  • Mentioned in
  • -- Original prospect or advert (“Fonografi e Grammofoni” by Christopher Proudfoot, Italian edition “Silvana Editoriale” 1980.)
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • -- Original prospect or advert (His Master´s Gramophone A guide to the acoustic instruments sold by the Gramophone Co GB 1897-1960)
  • Author
  • Model page created by Pier Antonio Aluffi. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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