Vintage wooden suitcase record player Perpetuum Ebner

Description

Wooden suitcase record player vintage from Perpetuum Ebner, a German company with a long history of manufacturing high-quality turntables and audio equipment, especially active since the mid-20th century. The models of Perpetuum Ebner (often abbreviated as PE) were known for their ruggedness, precision engineering and reliability.

Some common features and things to consider about PE turntables from that era include:

• Robust construction: They were often built with metal chassis and wooden casings (like the one pictured), which gave them considerable weight and contributed to good vibration damping.
• Traction mechanism: Many models used either an idler or belt drive system, both with their own advantages. The idler system was usually very powerful, ideal for automatic disc changes.
• Automatic disc change: This model most likely included an automatic "turntable changer" function, which allowed multiple records to be stacked and played one after the other. The tonearm seen to the right of the platter is typical of these systems.
• Speeds: They generally supported multiple speeds (33, 45 and 78 RPM), allowing a wide variety of vinyl records to be played.
• Sound quality: For their time, PE turntables offered excellent sound quality, although today it is common for collectors and audiophiles to perform restorations and upgrades to the stylus and cartridge to optimize performance.
• Speaker and suitcase: The case seen next to the turntable is likely the companion speaker, indicating that it is an integrated portable turntable system or a compact stereo system.