Gourlay - Canadian Antique Phonograph Project

The Gourlay phonograph was manufactured by the firm of Gourlay, Winter & Leeming in Toronto, Ontario. The full story of this company is told in an article at https://capsnews.org/apn2019-1.htm.

Canadian Furniture World and the Undertaker, September 1918, p. 42: "Gourlay, Winter and Leeming Ltd. — This company manufactures the Gourlay phonograph which was included in their exhibit of pianos at the [Canadian National] Exhibition [in Toronto]."

Canadian Music Trades Journal, September, 1919, p. 74. The Gourlay phonograph is displayed at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) in Toronto. Apparently it was not on the market for sale to the public in Toronto at this time although it was already being advertised in western Canada.

Canadian Music Trades Journal, October 1915, p. 42: "A feature of the remodelled salesrooms of Gourlay, Winter & Leeming, Ltd., Toronto, is the show window, which is unique in Canada. The engraver has indicated by a line on the picture where the plate glass bends inward. The effect is of their being no glass between the spectator and the objects in the window."

Canadian Music Trades Journal, October 1915, p. 42: "Taken from the main showroom, the entrance to the Assembly Hall is seen in the rear. It is at the end of the passage from which individual music rooms open at either side. The music room to the right opens from the main show room. The mezzanine gallery where the cashier and salesmen's desks are located is over these rooms.

Canadian Music Trades Journal, October 1915, p. 42: "One of the phonograph rooms in the remodelled Gourlay, Winter & Leeming, Ltd. building at 188 Yonge Street, Toronto."

Canadian Music Trades Journal, October 1915, p. 42: "In the Salesrooms of Gourlay, Winter & Leeming, Limited, Toronto - The upper left hand view is in the main showroom. In the distance is the Recital Hall entrance at the rear of the passage from which individual music rooms open. A view into the Recital Room is shown on the right. The lower views are of a couple of the individual sound-proof rooms into which the upper floors have been divided."

Saskatoon Daily Star, July 27, 1917, p. 13. Very early display ad for Gourlay Phonographs.

Canadian Woodworker, September 1919. "A number of Gourlay phonographs in various designs and grades were shown in mahogany, walnut and oak."

Calgary Herald, October 11, 1919, p. 25.

Depicted are the first two display ads in Toronto for the Gourlay phonograph. The ad on the left appeared in the Toronto Globe newspaper on December 3, 1921; the ad on the right appeared in the Toronto Daily Star newspaper on December 8, 1921.