Name: | Edison-Bell-Penkala Ltd.; Zagreb (YU) |
Abbreviation: | edison-bel |
Products: | Model types Others |
Summary: |
Edison-Bell-Penkala Ltd. |
Founded: | 1926 |
Closed: | 1937 |
History: |
Edison-Bell-Penkala Ltd, was founded in 1926 as a joint venture between Edison Bell England and the Croatian inventor Slavoljub Penkala thus becoming the first gramophone factory in Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Interestingly, Edison-Bell-Penkala company made one of the first public "electric" recordings on December 4, 1927 by recording live Christmas songs singing at the Zagreb Cathedral. After the World war II, Yugoslav socialist government nationalised Elektroton and under new name Jugoton it continued to press records and assembled around 3000 mechanical gramophones using still available parts from Edison-Bell-Penkala Ltd. |
This manufacturer was suggested by Predrag Jelic.
Country | Year | Name | 1st Tube | Notes |
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YU | 27 | Portable gramophone similar to Edison-Bell EB321 | This gramophone was produced in England for the Edison-Bell-Penkala Ltd, Zagreb, Croatia (... | |
YU | 30 | Portable gramophone model 216 | Model 216 and 216A gramophones were assembled in Edison-Bell-Penkala Ltd. facilities in Za... |
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