After someone took the time to write a long manifesto, claiming this is not real, just a 100 lid and motorboard with crap parts, a cut n shut, I decided to take some more pictures to convey, why I think it is real, and to facilitate an argument about it, if needed.
I bought this gramophone form the indian dealer on ebay. He was actually very nice to communicate with, but it took weeks for my refund because he had no money on his PayPal. He even showed me screenshos of his account. Because of this, I decided to trust him, and as I saw the gramophone in question, I bought it from him, for 300$ + shipping. I payed the gramophone via PayPal, and hours later, my refund for the other one, came in.
The gramophone arrived in a really sorry, broken state as seen here. Because of that the seller granted me 100$ for the broken parts.
Some would ask, why I did trust the seller, if when I thought the other one was fake? The reason is, because I can afford it. I can afford to take a gamble on stuff, and I really enjoy doing it.
The gramophone arrived with a wrong, No 5b soundbox, (which is excellent by the way), and with the wrong handle screwed in, on the right side. All are fittings badly scuffed, the springhousing was missing its retaining clip, The tonearm broke of, the bottom panel is replaced with a different, non teak, board. Some of the edge protection is screwed in, with old, but most certainly with wrong screws. The handleholes have been filled, and the outside looks to have an old, but not 80 year old coat of what looks to be french polish on top of the still underlying high polish which is clearly visible on the back..
Do not get me wrong. This gramophone was clearly worked on, within the last 80 years. Very much was/is "wrong" with this gramophone. But I still think it is genuine. Why?
Motorboard and caselid are "numbers matching"
The inside of the case is made in solide teak. All boards look exactly the same. Same age, all the right screwholes, same finish, same dirt.
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