Model 1 or Grand

Jackson & MacDonald (Rexonola); Sydney

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  • Year
  • 1923
  • Category
  • Talking machine - Mechanical Gramophone/Phonograph 
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 267687

 Technical Specifications

  • Wave bands
  • - without
  • Details
  • Record Player (not changer)
  • Power type and voltage
  • Solar- and/or muscle driven, also addl. power jack possible
  • Loudspeaker
  • Horn
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Model 1 or Grand - Jackson & MacDonald Rexonola;
  • Shape
  • Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).
  • Notes

  • The ‘Grand’ was the top of the range Rexonola in 1923, prior to the advent of electrical recording ... It featured selected hand-carved oak matched to the best available motor, sound-box and hardware. It also employed a larger ‘reflector sound chamber’ than its similar, but less fancy stablemates, the Models No. 2 & 4. It sold in 1923 for AU£ 37/1/-.

    By 1925 the ‘Grand’ or ‘No.1’ has lost its hand carved, curvy rear legs, these having been replaced with simple straight pillar types, as in the Model Nos. 2 & 4. The drop front door to the record compartment has been replaced by twin vertical doors and the ornate carving to the base of the door has also disappeared.

    The reproducer model Rexonola 1916 is Swiss made.

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 37.10 AU£
  • Mentioned in
  • Anthony Horderns & Co, ‘Universal Provider’, 1923 catalogue
  • Author
  • Model page created by Gary Cowans. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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