![New (to me) gramophone. HMV 157 with 5A soundbox. Bought from a guy who said it had been in his family since new. Anyone know how to tell what year it's from? : New (to me) gramophone. HMV 157 with 5A soundbox. Bought from a guy who said it had been in his family since new. Anyone know how to tell what year it's from? :](https://i.redd.it/new-to-me-gramophone-hmv-157-with-5a-soundbox-bought-from-a-v0-b6lorfxdv1da1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5c2fcb9356b82cf5840f78c4782f53dd515050a2)
New (to me) gramophone. HMV 157 with 5A soundbox. Bought from a guy who said it had been in his family since new. Anyone know how to tell what year it's from? :
![vintage phonograph, record player, playing 78 record. Close up of a Decca meltrope 3 soundbox on tone arm. Side view Stock Photo - Alamy vintage phonograph, record player, playing 78 record. Close up of a Decca meltrope 3 soundbox on tone arm. Side view Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/R9D34K/vintage-phonograph-record-player-playing-78-record-close-up-of-a-decca-meltrope-3-soundbox-on-tone-arm-side-view-R9D34K.jpg)
vintage phonograph, record player, playing 78 record. Close up of a Decca meltrope 3 soundbox on tone arm. Side view Stock Photo - Alamy
![Portable gramophone from 1940s. HMV model 102. Manufactured 1931 - 1958. Sound box on front of gramophone. Turntable with Parlophone record. Played with lid open Stock Photo - Alamy Portable gramophone from 1940s. HMV model 102. Manufactured 1931 - 1958. Sound box on front of gramophone. Turntable with Parlophone record. Played with lid open Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/KE52X7/portable-gramophone-from-1940s-hmv-model-102-manufactured-1931-1958-KE52X7.jpg)