[Phono-L] Thanks To All - Re: Brunswick Panatrope

[phonolist at mac.com]

Al;

Please explain what you mean by a plaster horn.  The electric  
Panatropes had an electric pick-up and cone speakers, and the  
Exponential Style Panatropes had an acoustic sound box and a wooden  
horn (and no tubes).  As far as I know, the only Brunswick machines  
that combined  acoustic phonographs and radios were made in 1924-1925,  
and were never labeled as Panatropes.

Panatrope was a word coined by Brunswick to describe their new all  
electric phonograph, which used components sourced from RCA.  These  
were announced at the end of 1925.  They didn't even refer to it as a  
phonograph - just a Panatrope.  Everybody wanted one of the machines,  
but they were quite expensive.  The Orthophonic Victrola made the  
traditional Brunswick phonograph obsolete, so they came up with a new  
acoustic machine.  They held a contest to name the new machine, and  
the winner was Prismatone.  Evidently, "Prismatone" failed to register  
with the public in the same way as "Pantarope" had, so Brunswick soon  
started calling the Prismatone the "Panatrope, Exponential Style",  
even though it apparently did not have a true exponential horn.

For many years after, all Brunswick machines were labeled Panatrope.


On Jan 1, 2009, at 1:45 PM, ClockworkHome at aol.com wrote:

> This is a Panatrope and is labeled such.  The pickup is electric and  
> the horn
> is made of plaster which has a small cracked area to it can be seen  
> as such.
> It is a tall machine and does not have a radio that I can see in the  
> photos
> that were sent to me.  I will acquire more info this evening.
>
> A big THANK YOU to our most learned listers for helping me on this  
> one...
>
> Al
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