Queen's Doll's House Record

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Queen's Doll's House Record	Queen's Doll's House Record

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For Queen Mary's Doll's House exhibited at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1924 (and housed today at Windsor Castle) a special miniature cabinet gramophone and records were made by the Gramophone Company Limited. The gramophone was a replica of the His Master's Voice Cabinet Grand Model 200 at an exact scale of on twelth measuring 4" high. The cabinet and motor took four months to make an was complete in every detail down to the gold plating - even the HMV logo was hand painted by Barraud the artist who created the original His Master's Voice painting. One of the hardest jobs was making the tiny soundbox to give the necessary amplifcation for the records to be played. Six records were manufactured "The smallest records in the world" being one and five sixteenths inches in diameter. Of these six records one "God Save The King" was pressed and sold as a souvenir. The recording is by Peter Dawson. The record cover is also an exact replica of the cover used by The Gramophone Company for its 12" records. Today examples of this record are surprisingly difficult to find. Condition: record mint, cover slight creasing. If you want to play this record the simplest way is to put blue tack on the rear (it is 'single-sided') and mount it on a normal 78 record so that it is above the central spindle - i.e. put one or two more 78 records on the gramophone turntable as well to build up the height - then play it 'like a normal 78 record.'

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