No one fancies it: the shrill sound of an alarm clock, especially in the morning when it rouses us much too soon from our slumber. That is why many people prefer waking up to their favourite music. In the hi-tech world of today, this is not difficult. However, who said that such an alarm clock had only been invented in recent times?
Even as early as 1930, people were trying to find a way to replace the unpleasant sound of the alarm clock. The inventor of this gramophone alarm clock had a brilliant idea. The gramophone works like the standard alarm clock of those days; however, instead of a bell, the gramophone motor switches on when the alarm goes off and your favourite record begins to play to the lively crackling sound of a typical gramophone. The motor plays this side of the record twice in succession. The opened lid of the box serves as a resonator.
Even the name is what dreams are made of: Peter Pan Alarm Clock. Who would not want to be a child again and fly off to Never Never Land?
Gramophone with clock and alarm, Peter Pan Clock, c. 1930, Inv. 2015-055