founded 1883 headquarters giebenach switzerland key people heinz rohrer ceo products hi fi equipment revenue unknown slogan analog high fidelity website www.thorens.com thorens tube amplifier az25 thorens is a swiss manufacturer of high end audio equipment . they are historically renowned for the range of phonographs turntables they produce . in addition to audio playback equipment they are also a historical producer of harmonicas and cigarette lighters most notably the button actuated automatic lighter . history edit in 1883 the thorens family business was first registered in sainte croix ste croix vaud switzerland by hermann thorens . an initial producer of musical boxes and clock movements which they were still producing in the 1950 s they started producing edison type phonographs in 1903 . in 1928 they produced their first electric motor drive record player and went on to produce a range of audiophile record players in the 1950s and 1960s which are even today regarded as high end audio equipment and are much sought after . as of 2006 thorens continues to produce well regarded turntables for playback of vinyl and 78rpm gramophone records . see also edit list of phonograph manufacturers external links edit the history of thorens and free manuals to download the thorens excelda portable gramophone 360 rotatable view of a machine held at the british library this swiss corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article related to a manufacturing company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title thorens & oldid 726862709 categories phonograph manufacturerscompanies established in 1883manufacturing companies of switzerlandaudio equipment manufacturersswiss company stubsmanufacturing company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutsch italiano svenska edit links this page was last modified on 24 june 2016 at 22 51 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view