Pocket Gramophone Kompact Plaza Music nº2. ca.1930-40.

Pocket Gramophone Kompact Plaza Music nº2 from 1930-1940. Composed by a box in black leather of reduced dimensions, where we can find all the necessary parts to obtain a perfect musical reproduction. The box opens in two parts and, after disassembling the arm, placing the record in its support and operating the crank, you will be able to listen perfectly to the desired melody. We find the mark of this piece in a small plate located inside the box. This is specifically the model nº2, with the serial number 66119 K6. It has Swiss machinery of the Thorens brand, in charge of making the engines of the Plaza Music Kompact Company pieces. English reproducer of 1928/9 in perfect condition. This fantastic gramophone is in perfect condition both aesthetically and functionally, has been revised, and also attaches several discs and needles to use it from the first day. One of the biggest challenges of the music industry was to create small portable machines that offered, in a small size, an acceptable sound quality. For this purpose, surprising models such as the present one were created, looking for a system of parts that would allow them to be folded and assembled with a certain ease, trying to transport them in a compact package and as small as possible. Thorens of Switzerland was founded in the town of Sainte-Croix in 1883. Initially it was dedicated to the production of high quality music boxes and watchmaking machinery, but in 1903 it also began to manufacture phonographs. There are many models of other brands that incorporate motors and mechanisms Thorens as in this case the house Kompact Plaza Music, since the company itself manufactured models of standard machines, marketed by other firms in different countries. Original and handy gramophone with the same capacity as a larger one. Measures: 40 x 14 x 9 cm (open) and 20 x 14 x 17 cm (closed).