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Q: Antique record players, crank style made by "Sonora" a New York company ( No Answer,   1 Comment )
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Subject: Antique record players, crank style made by "Sonora" a New York company
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: rlmklv-ga
List Price: $10.00
Posted: 16 Jan 2004 12:31 PST
Expires: 15 Feb 2004 12:31 PST
Question ID: 297203
I am restoring an antique "victrola"style record player. It is hand
crank in a wooden console cabinet. The data plate has the makers name,
which is Sonora and the "instrument number" is A745989. The
manufacturer was a New York company. I would like the date of
manufactur as close as passible.
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Subject: Re: Antique record players, crank style made by "Sonora" a New York company
From: bobbie7-ga on 16 Jan 2004 13:37 PST
 
Perhaps the following might be of your interest:

Here is a 1909 Sonora Phonograph 
http://216.125.104.40/Museum/Parlor/pages/PA180338.htm


Here is a more detailed image
http://216.125.104.40/Museum/Parlor/pages/PA180339.htm


A 1920 Sonora phonograph manual
http://www.angelfire.com/nc3/talkingmachines/SonoraManual.html


1924 Sonora phonograph
http://magazines.ivillage.com/countryliving/collect/worth/articles/0,,284646_294068,00.html?arrivalSA=1&cobrandRef=0&arrival_freqCap=1&pba=adid=7027201


Sonora Phonograph Factory
http://www.saginawimages.org/essay.asp?ItemID=HEES0007&SearchTerm=185

--Bobbie7

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