Neilvanstem Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Well HMV books say model 2 so let's go with that. Nice oak horn with gold lines. It has a Exhibition Junior sound box book says fitted for a short time after July 1916. A nice two spring motor book says those added during the great war period. It had patina(rust) galore so I cleaned it up. I will try to show some before and after 'patina' was removed. ha ha A nice find and so happy to have it. I hope you enjoy looking at it too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 This is not a Model 2, it is a Model B (H.B.O.), shown on page 62 of 'His Master's Gramophone'. The label on the base appears to have no date stamp, but the double-spring motor and the quadrant speed control equate to others seen with a date of 1915. The Exhibition Junior soundbox was normal on this model. The wood horn was not, and is probably earlier; the gold lines are normally found only on early examples (cc. 1911) of the 18-inch oak horn. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackedWormgear Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Nice job on cleaning up the nickel fittings. They have great patina. Their only original once. Glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilvanstem Posted July 16, 2020 Author Share Posted July 16, 2020 Christopher thanks for clearing things up. I guess the HBO should have been a clue. I confess I like this horn better then the one shown on page 62. Those machines look so similar plus with this horn no wonder I looked at page 60 by mistake but now after your comment I looked closer and see you are right so thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auxetophone Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 7 minutes ago, Neilvanstem said: I looked at page 60 by mistake but now after your comment I looked closer and see you are right so thanks. It helps that he wrote the book ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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