1928 Holcomb & Hoke "Electramuse Super Tone" phonograph. The back story on this machine is that it came out of a neighborhood tavern in Reno. It had remained there until 1956, when the family who owned the tavern closed it and moved some of the contents into storage. It was acquired by me years later at the estate sale. It arrived at our shop back in 1984 and had remained in the back corner for decades. Finally, four months ago, it went into the shop for restoration. I didn't document the "possibly not so interesting" restoration as I've done so many times before here. This time, I'm just publishing the pictures as it appears in its final state, fully restored.

A few details: The back glass is animated, with moving clouds that also change color, and the background in the back glass has rippling water effects. The stack holds 10 records on special metal plates and the records play sequentially (no selecting). The turntable rises up to release and lower the next record into playing position. After the last disc has finished playing, the turntable pushes the entire stack up to the top of three pilons to begin the sequence all over again.

Enjoy, Russie

That is a very cool phonograph. You did a beautiful restoration. It must be a super rare machine!

A video of it changing records would be super cool to watch.

WOW!!

Larry

What a beautiful machine!! I have never even seen a picture of such a machine before. The glass is really nice! Thank You for sharing those wonderful pictures. The "Music For Your Entertainment" glass is fabulous! WOW!! Thanks!

Beautifully restored, Russ! What kind of amplifier does it use?

Thanks, Tim. It uses a Webster amplifier with two number 10 tubes for outputs, driving a ten inch Utah EM speaker. Lots of volume!

There is a very nice group of literature on this phonograph on eBay right now.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Holcomb-Hoke-E ... Swm2pd9u9h