Beginning in 1918, the Britannia phonograph was manufactured by The Co-operative Music Supply Company, 73-77 Adelaide St. E., Toronto with its factory in Parkdale. It later moved to 155 George Street and in 1921 changed its name to Britannia Cabinet and Phonograph Co. See also Ventriolaphone.
Talking Machine World, November 15, 1922, p. 156: "The Ventriolaphone is a new talking machine made in Canada by the Britannia Cabinet & Phonograph Co. of Toronto. Its inventor is C. H. Larsson, who utilizes the space usually given over to record storage as a sound chamber."
Canadian Music Trades Journal, November 1918, p. 63.
Canadian Music Trades Journal, January 1919, p. 59.
Toronto Daily Star, June 9, 1919 p. 13.
TDS, July 31, 1919, p. 17.
TDS, August 2, 1919, p. 14.
TDS, April 14, 1920, p. 18.
TDS, July 21, 1921, p. 15.
Winnipeg Tribune, November 16, 1921, p. 7. Display ad by J.A. Banfield, "The Reliable Home Furnisher", 492 Main St., Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Parts from a Britannia phonograph. Photographs supplied by Steve Redman.
A Britannia phonograph for sale through Facebook Marketplace in 2025 in Haldimand, Ontario.
