Brunswick Phono with Battery Radiola in Hermiston, OR

[CDBPDX]

Someone is offering an interesting Brunswick spring motor phonograph in a large cabinet with an old battery operated radio. Looks pretty cool.

http://portland.craigslist.org/grg/atq/4546814259.html

CDB

[OrthoSean]

These are really neat machines. It appears to be a BR-260, I have one and I love it. This one has just a slightly different cabinet variation than mine has with just a little less decoration. I haven't gotten around to having my radio worked on yet, but the phonograph part is great. These things weigh a ton!

Sean

[Phonofreak]

Pardon my ignorance, but I'm not that familiar with that machine. It looks like a late Panatrope version. It has the style and look of one of those. If so, is the arm correct or does it use the later Panatrope arm and reproducer? Most of The Brunswick Radio combinations are a console with the radio on the left side, and the phonograph on the right side. These have the Ultona arm.
Harvey Kravitz

[OrthoSean]

These were the very first Brunswicks with Radiolas in them, they use Ultonas in them, so this is entirely correct. Interesting that this one has the stylus bar with the Pathé option, mine only has lateral and Edison. From what I recall seeing in Talking Machine World adverts from the time (1924-5), I don't remember seeing the Pathé option mentioned, just lateral and Edison, so I wonder if the seller of this machine swapped out reproducers. I'd be curious to know for certain, though. I bought a spare for mine with the Pathé needle bar on it to have as a spare and rebuilt it so I can play anything on mine.

Sean