Record album containing eight 78 rpm EMI test records for checking the mechanical and audio performance of autochange radio-gramophones, together with five commercial 78 rpm records selected for demonstrating radio-gramophones in salerooms. Made by the Gramophone Company Ltd (EMI), Hayes, Middlesex, British,1930-1940

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SMG00104348
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Record album containing eight 78 rpm EMI test records for
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Record album containing eight 78 rpm EMI test records for
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Record album containing eight 78 rpm EMI test records for
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Record album containing eight 78 rpm EMI test records for
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Record album containing eight 78 rpm EMI test records for
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Record album containing eight 78 rpm EMI test records for
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Record album containing eight 78 rpm EMI test records for checking the mechanical and audio performance of autochange radio-gramophones, made by the Gramophone Company Ltd (EMI), Hayes, Middlesex, British,1930-1940

Autochange gramophones enabled a number of short-play 78 rpm records to be played in succession without the listener being required to be constantly getting up to change the records manually. The mechanism to do this was complicated and could get out of adjustment, so makers of such gramophones made sets of special discs for supply to dealers and repairers to test the various mechanical movements involved. Such discs had no entertainment content and were discarded once such autochangers became obsolete. The discs being acquired are rare survivors and provide an insight into the way records were listened to in the home in the 1930s to 1950s and the mechanical complexity of autochange gramophones.

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Category:
Sound Reproduction
Object Number:
2017-101
Materials:
paper (fibre product), shellac and slate
type:
gramophone record
credit:
John Merison

Parts

Record album for 12-inch gramophone records, title on front cover ‘E.M.I. SALES & SERVICE LTD. / TEST RECORDS’, made by the Gramophone Company Ltd (EMI), Hayes, Middlesex, British,1930-1940

Record album for 12-inch gramophone records, title on front cover ‘E.M.I. SALES & SERVICE LTD. / TEST RECORDS’, made by the Gramophone Company Ltd (EMI), Hayes, Middlesex, British,1930-1940

Record album for 12-inch gramophone records, title on front cover ‘E.M.I. SALES & SERVICE LTD. / TEST RECORDS’, made by the Gramophone Company Ltd (EMI), Hayes, Middlesex, British,1930-1940

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Autochange gramophones enabled a number of short-play 78 rpm records to be played in succession without the listener being required to be constantly getting up to change the records manually. The mechanism to do this was complicated and could get out of adjustment, so makers of such gramophones made sets of special discs for supply to dealers and repairers to test the various mechanical movements involved. Such discs had no entertainment content and were discarded once such autochangers became obsolete. The discs being acquired are rare survivors and provide an insight into the way records were listened to in the home in the 1930s to 1950s and the mechanical complexity of autochange gramophones.

Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
2017-101/1
type:
gramophone record
Gramophone record, double-sided, 10 inch, 78 rpm, ‘Special test record for automatic mechanisms’, catalogue number T.B.1., ‘J tests’, matrix number 2-9336 (same on both sides) made by the Gramophone Co Ltd (EMI), Hayes, Middlesex, British, 1930-1940

Gramophone record, double-sided, 10 inch, 78 rpm, ‘Special test record for automatic mechanisms’, catalogue number T.B.1., ‘J tests’, matrix number 2-9336 (same on both sides) made by the Gramophone Co Ltd (EMI), Hayes, Middlesex, British, 1930-1940

Gramophone record, double-sided, 10 inch, 78 rpm, ‘Special test record for automatic mechanisms’, catalogue number T.B.1., ‘J tests’, matrix number 2-9336 (same on both sides) made by the Gramophone Co Ltd (EMI), Hayes, Middlesex, British, 1930-1940

More

Autochange gramophones enabled a number of short-play 78 rpm records to be played in succession without the listener being required to be constantly getting up to change the records manually. The mechanism to do this was complicated and could get out of adjustment, so makers of such gramophones made sets of special discs for supply to dealers and repairers to test the various mechanical movements involved. Such discs had no entertainment content and were discarded once such autochangers became obsolete. The discs being acquired are rare survivors and provide an insight into the way records were listened to in the home in the 1930s to 1950s and the mechanical complexity of autochange gramophones.

Materials:
shellac , slate and paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
2017-101/2
type:
phonograph records
Gramophone record, double-sided, 10 inch, 78 rpm, ‘Special test record for automatic mechanisms’, catalogue number T.B.11., ‘E tests’, matrix number 0EA.11086, and ‘F tests’, matrix number 0EA.11087, made by the Gramophone Co Ltd (EMI), Hayes, Middlesex, British, 1930-1940

Gramophone record, double-sided, 10 inch, 78 rpm, ‘Special test record for automatic mechanisms’, catalogue number T.B.11., ‘E tests’, matrix number 0EA.11086, and ‘F tests’, matrix number 0EA.11087, made by the Gramophone Co Ltd (EMI), Hayes, Middlesex, British, 1930-1940

Gramophone record, double-sided, 10 inch, 78 rpm, ‘Special test record for automatic mechanisms’, catalogue number T.B.11., ‘E tests’, matrix number 0EA.11086, and ‘F tests’, matrix number 0EA.11087, made by the Gramophone Co Ltd (EMI), Hayes, Middlesex, British, 1930-1940

More

Autochange gramophones enabled a number of short-play 78 rpm records to be played in succession without the listener being required to be constantly getting up to change the records manually. The mechanism to do this was complicated and could get out of adjustment, so makers of such gramophones made sets of special discs for supply to dealers and repairers to test the various mechanical movements involved. Such discs had no entertainment content and were discarded once such autochangers became obsolete. The discs being acquired are rare survivors and provide an insight into the way records were listened to in the home in the 1930s to 1950s and the mechanical complexity of autochange gramophones.

Materials:
shellac , slate and paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
2017-101/3
type:
phonograph records
Gramophone record, double-sided, 10 inch, 78 rpm, ‘Special test record for automatic mechanisms’, catalogue number T.B.14., ‘P tests’, matrix number 30-11746, and ‘R tests’, matrix number 30-11538, made by the Gramophone Co Ltd (EMI), Hayes, Middlesex, British, 1930-1940

Gramophone record, double-sided, 10 inch, 78 rpm, ‘Special test record for automatic mechanisms’, catalogue number T.B.14., ‘P tests’, matrix number 30-11746, and ‘R tests’, matrix number 30-11538, made by the Gramophone Co Ltd (EMI), Hayes, Middlesex, British, 1930-1940

Gramophone record, double-sided, 10 inch, 78 rpm, ‘Special test record for automatic mechanisms’, catalogue number T.B.14., ‘P tests’, matrix number 30-11746, and ‘R tests’, matrix number 30-11538, made by the Gramophone Co Ltd (EMI), Hayes, Middlesex, British, 1930-1940

More

Autochange gramophones enabled a number of short-play 78 rpm records to be played in succession without the listener being required to be constantly getting up to change the records manually. The mechanism to do this was complicated and could get out of adjustment, so makers of such gramophones made sets of special discs for supply to dealers and repairers to test the various mechanical movements involved. Such discs had no entertainment content and were discarded once such autochangers became obsolete. The discs being acquired are rare survivors and provide an insight into the way records were listened to in the home in the 1930s to 1950s and the mechanical complexity of autochange gramophones.

Materials:
shellac , slate and paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
2017-101/4
type:
phonograph records
Gramophone record, double-sided, 10 inch, 78 rpm, ‘Special test record for automatic mechanisms’, catalogue number T.B.14., ‘P tests’, matrix number 30-11746, and ‘R tests’, matrix number 30-11538, made by the Gramophone Co Ltd (EMI), Hayes, Middlesex, British, 1930-1940

Gramophone record, double-sided, 10 inch, 78 rpm, ‘Special test record for automatic mechanisms’, catalogue number T.B.14., ‘P tests’, matrix number 30-11746, and ‘R tests’, matrix number 30-11538, made by the Gramophone Co Ltd (EMI), Hayes, Middlesex, British, 1930-1940

Gramophone record, double-sided, 10 inch, 78 rpm, ‘Special test record for automatic mechanisms’, catalogue number T.B.14., ‘P tests’, matrix number 30-11746, and ‘R tests’, matrix number 30-11538, made by the Gramophone Co Ltd (EMI), Hayes, Middlesex, British, 1930-1940

More

Autochange gramophones enabled a number of short-play 78 rpm records to be played in succession without the listener being required to be constantly getting up to change the records manually. The mechanism to do this was complicated and could get out of adjustment, so makers of such gramophones made sets of special discs for supply to dealers and repairers to test the various mechanical movements involved. Such discs had no entertainment content and were discarded once such autochangers became obsolete. The discs being acquired are rare survivors and provide an insight into the way records were listened to in the home in the 1930s to 1950s and the mechanical complexity of autochange gramophones.

Materials:
shellac , slate and paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
2017-101/5
type:
phonograph records
Gramophone record, double-sided, 12 inch, 78 rpm, ‘Special test record for automatic mechanisms’, catalogue number T.C.1., ‘L tests’, matrix number 09475 (same on both sides), made by the Gramophone Co Ltd (EMI), Hayes, Middlesex, British, 1930-1940

Gramophone record, double-sided, 12 inch, 78 rpm, ‘Special test record for automatic mechanisms’, catalogue number T.C.1., ‘L tests’, matrix number 09475 (same on both sides), made by the Gramophone Co Ltd (EMI), Hayes, Middlesex, British, 1930-1940

Gramophone record, double-sided, 12 inch, 78 rpm, ‘Special test record for automatic mechanisms’, catalogue number T.C.1., ‘L tests’, matrix number 09475 (same on both sides), made by the Gramophone Co Ltd (EMI), Hayes, Middlesex, British, 1930-1940

More

Autochange gramophones enabled a number of short-play 78 rpm records to be played in succession without the listener being required to be constantly getting up to change the records manually. The mechanism to do this was complicated and could get out of adjustment, so makers of such gramophones made sets of special discs for supply to dealers and repairers to test the various mechanical movements involved. Such discs had no entertainment content and were discarded once such autochangers became obsolete. The discs being acquired are rare survivors and provide an insight into the way records were listened to in the home in the 1930s to 1950s and the mechanical complexity of autochange gramophones.

Materials:
shellac , slate and paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
2017-101/6
type:
phonograph records
Gramophone record, double-sided, 12 inch, 78 rpm,,‘Special test record for automatic mechanisms’, catalogue number T.C.14., ‘A tests’, matrix number 2EA-11084, and ‘B tests’, matrix number 2EA-11085, made by the Gramophone Co Ltd (EMI), Hayes, Middlesex, British, 1930-1940

Gramophone record, double-sided, 12 inch, 78 rpm,,‘Special test record for automatic mechanisms’, catalogue number T.C.14., ‘A tests’, matrix number 2EA-11084, and ‘B tests’, matrix number 2EA-11085, made by the Gramophone Co Ltd (EMI), Hayes, Middlesex, British, 1930-1940

Gramophone record, double-sided, 12 inch, 78 rpm,,‘Special test record for automatic mechanisms’, catalogue number T.C.14., ‘A tests’, matrix number 2EA-11084, and ‘B tests’, matrix number 2EA-11085, made by the Gramophone Co Ltd (EMI), Hayes, Middlesex, British, 1930-1940

More

Autochange gramophones enabled a number of short-play 78 rpm records to be played in succession without the listener being required to be constantly getting up to change the records manually. The mechanism to do this was complicated and could get out of adjustment, so makers of such gramophones made sets of special discs for supply to dealers and repairers to test the various mechanical movements involved. Such discs had no entertainment content and were discarded once such autochangers became obsolete. The discs being acquired are rare survivors and provide an insight into the way records were listened to in the home in the 1930s to 1950s and the mechanical complexity of autochange gramophones.

Materials:
shellac , slate and paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
2017-101/7
type:
phonograph records
Gramophone record, double-sided, 12 inch, 78 rpm,‘Special composite record for testing complete radio gramophones & loudspeakers’, catalogue number T.C.17., matrix number 323599, and (on reverse) Bands 1 to 14, (no matrix number), made by the Gramophone Co Ltd (EMI), Hayes, Middlesex, British, 1930-1940

Gramophone record, double-sided, 12 inch, 78 rpm,‘Special composite record for testing complete radio gramophones & loudspeakers’, catalogue number T.C.17., matrix number 323599, and (on reverse) Bands 1 to 14, (no matrix number), made by the Gramophone Co Ltd (EMI), Hayes, Middlesex, British, 1930-1940

Gramophone record, double-sided, 12 inch, 78 rpm,‘Special composite record for testing complete radio gramophones & loudspeakers’, catalogue number T.C.17., matrix number 323599, and (on reverse) Bands 1 to 14, (no matrix number), made by the Gramophone Co Ltd (EMI), Hayes, Middlesex, British, 1930-1940

More

Autochange gramophones enabled a number of short-play 78 rpm records to be played in succession without the listener being required to be constantly getting up to change the records manually. The mechanism to do this was complicated and could get out of adjustment, so makers of such gramophones made sets of special discs for supply to dealers and repairers to test the various mechanical movements involved. Such discs had no entertainment content and were discarded once such autochangers became obsolete. The discs being acquired are rare survivors and provide an insight into the way records were listened to in the home in the 1930s to 1950s and the mechanical complexity of autochange gramophones.

Materials:
shellac , slate and paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
2017-101/8
type:
phonograph records
Gramophone record, double-sided, 12 inch, 78 rpm, catalogue number T.C.26,‘E.M.I. Sales & Service Ltd Interference on Broadcast Reception Bands 1-9’, matrix number 2EA-12317, and ‘E.M.I. Sales & Service Ltd Interference on Broadcast Reception Bands 10-19’, matrix number 2EA-12318, made by EMI, Hayes, Middlesex, British, 1930-1940

Gramophone record, double-sided, 12 inch, 78 rpm, catalogue number T.C.26,‘E.M.I. Sales & Service Ltd Interference on Broadcast Reception Bands 1-9’, matrix number 2EA-12317, and ‘E.M.I. Sales & Service Ltd Interference on Broadcast Reception Bands 10-19’, matrix number 2EA-12318, made by EMI, Hayes, Middlesex, British, 1930-1940

Gramophone record, double-sided, 12 inch, 78 rpm, catalogue number T.C.26,‘E.M.I. Sales & Service Ltd Interference on Broadcast Reception Bands 1-9’, matrix number 2EA-12317, and ‘E.M.I. Sales & Service Ltd Interference on Broadcast Reception Bands 10-19’, matrix number 2EA-12318, made by EMI, Hayes, Middlesex, British, 1930-1940

More

Autochange gramophones enabled a number of short-play 78 rpm records to be played in succession without the listener being required to be constantly getting up to change the records manually. The mechanism to do this was complicated and could get out of adjustment, so makers of such gramophones made sets of special discs for supply to dealers and repairers to test the various mechanical movements involved. Such discs had no entertainment content and were discarded once such autochangers became obsolete. The discs being acquired are rare survivors and provide an insight into the way records were listened to in the home in the 1930s to 1950s and the mechanical complexity of autochange gramophones.

Materials:
shellac , slate and paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
2017-101/9
type:
phonograph records