Sono-phonic


The Sono-phonic, successor to the Son-o-phone phonograph, was introduced in 1926 and marketed extensively by Compagnie P.T. Legaré Limitée, Sherbrooke, Quebec. Apparently P. T. Legaré was a large commercial empire in Quebec (known for farm equipment and knitting machines in particular): http://www.angoravalley.com/csm/legare.html



Montreal Star, November 26, 1926, p. 16.



Le Nouvelliste Trois Rivieres, June 23, 1927, p. 5. An advertisement by P.T. Legaré, Sherbrooke, Quebec.



Le Nouvelliste Trois Rivieres, January 28, 1928, p. 18.



Le Nouvelliste Trois Rivieres, November 10, 1928, p. 11.



Edmonton Journal, December 6, 1928, p. 24.



La Tribune Sherbrooke, March 13, 1929, p.6.



Montreal Star, November 15, 1929, p. 27.



Ottawa Citizen, November 22, 1929, p. 5.



Ottawa Citizen, December 5, 1930, p. 15. An advertisement by P.T. Legaré, Sherbrooke, Quebec.



Cornwall Freeholder, December 6, 1930, p. 8.




The following pictures were sent in December 2009 by Chris from Ohio and are of a machine from his wife's family in Quebec.




A Sono-phonic for sale on Facebook Marketplace in 2023.




A Sono-phonic for sale in Quebec City in 2023.




A Sono-phonic for sale in Levis, Quebec in 2023.




A Sono-phonic for sale in Tingwick, Quebec in 2025.

Canadian Antique Phonograph Project