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Subiaco Museum > Records

GRAMOPHONE: MUSGROVES LIMITED

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Musgrove Limited

c. 1925

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Gramophone: Box shaped light brown wooden furniture resting on 40cm high ornate carved legs. The upper surface has three panels. The centre one is lifted to display the gramophone table, arm, speed and stop regulator (metal).
Label reads: 'Made in Brunswick U.S.A.'; 'Musgrove Lim.' in golden print. The front of the cabinet has four doors and the two side cupboards are divided into several compartments to store records. The middle doors open to display the speaker. Each door has an inlaid irregular rectangular panel with metal door knobs, one of which is missing. c1923

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cwa-org-43-1986.235

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Material

Inscriptions and markings

Musgrove Limited

Keywords

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

Photographed 2023

Year

Statement of significance

Musical item. Ornate cabinet containing a gramophone.

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