Edward Moogk's Roll Back The Years
on pg. 63 states: "During 1917,
London , Ontario, began to get some of the [phonograph
production] action...and the prestigious
Sherlock-Manning Piano Company of London made an
attempt to satisfy piano and phonograph lovers with a
single offering. Its combination piece,
introduced at the Canadian National Exhibition,
consisted of a piano with an electric phonograph
installed behind a sliding panel in much the same
location as a player-piano roll."
Roll Back The Years, p. 65: "Meanwhile, the Sherlock-Manning Piano
Company of London, already in the market with its
piano-phonograph combination line, announced a new
phonograph "worthy of any home" and then went on to
urge Londoners to "Stop look and listen--then Buy."
Canadian Music Trades Journal, September 1917, p. 68.
Halifax Evening Mail, September 20, 1917, p. 12.
Canadian Music Trades Journal, December, 1918, p. 22.
Windsor Star, December 18, 1918, p. 2.
CMTJ, September, 1919, p. 74. Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) in Toronto.
Machine owned by Ross Amos, Victoria, B.C. Looks like the model "Baby Grand" above:
Meisselbach Motor #9 from New Jersey.
Ross also mentioned: "$300.00 Retail? thats $4000 [in] 2016 dollars Explains the 3/4 inch solid Mahogany and the Heavy duty motor that looks like it could power a moped.[There is] a light with switch. Upon investigation I found a holder that looks like it would fit an old style Dry Cell. Photos attached. [below]
An upright model Sherlock Manning phonograph for sale in 2025 through Facebook Marketplace in London, Ontario, the home of Sherlock Manning.
