[Phono-L] Questions about a General Phonograph Model E

RBaumbach phonolist at mac.com
Sun Oct 25 18:12:21 PDT 2009


There was an extensive article on the RCA suitcase portables in The  
Sound Box a few years ago.   You might see if back issues are still  
available.


On Oct 25, 2009, at 4:25 PM, bruce78rpm at comcast.net wrote:

> I could be wrong, but there doesn't seem to be any information on  
> RCA Victor Suitcase Style crank Victrolas made after 1930. I can't  
> find any on line information as to the various models and when they  
> were made. The one shown in the video simply says Model 02. I have  
> never been able to pinpoint the year it was first offered to the  
> General Public.
>
> Bruce
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron L'Herault" <lherault at bu.edu>
> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org>
> Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 4:45:41 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Questions about a General Phonograph Model E
>
> I'm not sure, Steve. Since it is RCA, it is post '29 but from the  
> look of
> it, I'm guessing 1940s. I don't know if anyone has done research on  
> these
> things.
>
> Ron
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: phono-l-bounces at oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-bounces at oldcrank.org 
> ] On
> Behalf Of Steven Medved
> Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 2:14 PM
> To: Phono-l
> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Questions about a General Phonograph Model E
>
>
> Ron,
>
> What years were that RCA portable made?
>
> Steve
>
>
>>
>> The tone arm and reproducer are from an RCA portable machine.
>>
>> Ron L
>
>
>
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