

The electric motor is General Electric, model 27286, and it I brought the motor to Paul Rosen, who has been servicing my vintage radios since the 1990s. Now I know the reason that it came without a crank, though it has a crank escutcheon Inside with a rotor and the traditional regulator to control the speed. I was surprised to find an electric-driven motor When I got home, I was anxious to see if the motor was complete, because it came without a winding crank. The tone-arm, reproducer, turntable platter and all the hardware are either gold-plated or are of solid brass.

I decided to buy it because it’s the prototype of my Victrola Orthophonic "Credenza",Īnd it’s also a pretty impressive piece of furniture. I recently acquired a Brunswick Panatrope "Cortez" Phonograph.
