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A Mikiphone portable gramophone
with Mikiphone soundbox, folding travelling arm and circular Mikiphone needle tin, in pocket watch-form nickel-plated case with fitting instructions inside the lid, Mikiphone circular stamp on the front and 26-0006991 on the reverse -4½in. (11.5cm) diameter

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The Mikiphone is considered to be the smallest working portable gramophone placed on the market and reached England from Switzerland in 1926. Although it was very compact, the user still had to carry around the 10-inch records that this gramophone played.

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