The Salonola No. 5 Talking Machine

Heiron & Smith (Salonola) Ltd.; Sydney, NSW

  • Year
  • 1916
  • Category
  • Talking machine - Mechanical Gramophone/Phonograph 
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 312388

 Technical Specifications

  • Wave bands
  • - without
  • Details
  • Record Player (not changer)
  • Power type and voltage
  • No Power needed
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: The Salonola No. 5 [Talking Machine] - Heiron & Smith Salonola Ltd.;
  • Shape
  • Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).
  • Notes
  • The Salonola first spring driven, disc playing, acoustic amplified gramophone made in Australia.

    Advertised as the ‘The Instrument with the Human Voice'.

    Why it is called Model No. 5 and not Model No. 1 is unknown.

  • Mentioned in
  • -- Original prospect or advert (The Sun (NSW) Dec 24, 1916 Page 12.)
  • Author
  • Model page created by Gary Cowans. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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