GARRARD UNIVERSAL MOTOR
In 1928, Garrard employed an electrical engineer, Stuart Philpott. Philpott along with an assistant, Edmund Walter Mortimer were given the task of designing an electrically driven gramophone motor. Most households in the UK still did not have electricity and the ones that did had no standard supply. In fact the Garrard factory in Swindon still had DC power. The new motor had to have a "Universal" power supply. The very first such motor was the Garrard E. It worked on DC 50 to 250V and also AC 110v to 250v at 25 to 60 hertz.
Garrard E: 1929. The first Garrard Electric Motor
The Garrard E was mainly a prototype model used for promotion. It's enamelled cast iron body and heavily chromed pressed steel base making it unviable for production. Here is an excellent detailed page on the first Garrard Electric Motor, on Norman Field's website. Also a video here.
- The very first Garrard Electric Belt Drive Motor
- 12” turntable
- Custom built motor mounting chassis
- Chrome plated pressed steel base and enamelled cast iron body
Garrard ED / The Garrard Universal Motor: 1929. (£5. 15s. 0d).
- The first commercial Garrard Electric Motor
- 12” turntable
- Custom built motor mounting chassis
- Zinc base and die-cast body
- "Fairly successful being one of the first to appear on the British market for general sale"
- For publicity, a 10X scale model was built to show at exhibitions
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