Too bad about this Cheney, but it's quite a cabinet.
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Re: Too bad about this Cheney, but it's quite a cabinet.
Well at least it sounds better now.
(Don't quibble til you hear a Cheney for yourself)
(Don't quibble til you hear a Cheney for yourself)
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Re: Too bad about this Cheney, but it's quite a cabinet.
That's too bad being gutted. I never saw a Cheney art model before. It really beautiful and has lots of class.
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Re: Too bad about this Cheney, but it's quite a cabinet.
"Double Resonators"? Does this mean it has a double or bifurcated horn?
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Re: Too bad about this Cheney, but it's quite a cabinet.
Phototone wrote:"Double Resonators"? Does this mean it has a double or bifurcated horn?
Yes- Cheney would either pair them up or put them at each end of the longer cabinets. I think it was because the Cheney horn design didn't scale up.
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Re: Too bad about this Cheney, but it's quite a cabinet.
From Ad: "Perfect for show, light storage or as a unique liqueur cabinet. If you appreciate art and beautiful furniture, you MUST see this piece of history!!! $3999 OBO."
This would be a ridiculously crazy price for a working phonograph, but it's an insane price for "a unique liqueur cabinet."
This would be a ridiculously crazy price for a working phonograph, but it's an insane price for "a unique liqueur cabinet."
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
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"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
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Re: Too bad about this Cheney, but it's quite a cabinet.
Such a shame,. It would have been a beautiful machine. Some people think if it is old it is worth a lot of money. I do not think it would be worth $4000 complete. That sure would make a nice phonograph. That cabinet is superb.. tom b.
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Re: Too bad about this Cheney, but it's quite a cabinet.
I'm not sure why you folks are criticizing this person's asking price. Per the ad Earl posted, Cheney was asking $600 for this model in 1924.
According to the Inflation Calculator [https://westegg.com/inflation/]…
"What cost $600.00 in 1924 would cost $8577.61 in 2016."
The seller lacks the phonograph, so he knocked over $4500 off the price, and he's willing to take offers.
So what's your beef?
(Seriously, that is a beautiful cabinet, and I wonder what it would take to turn it back into a phonograph).
According to the Inflation Calculator [https://westegg.com/inflation/]…
"What cost $600.00 in 1924 would cost $8577.61 in 2016."
The seller lacks the phonograph, so he knocked over $4500 off the price, and he's willing to take offers.
So what's your beef?
(Seriously, that is a beautiful cabinet, and I wonder what it would take to turn it back into a phonograph).
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Re: Too bad about this Cheney, but it's quite a cabinet.
An enormous amount of work. The tone arm, turntable, motor & other fittings - of which a Cheney has many - can be found, but you'll be paying. You'll need to recreate the entire wooden horn system and the fretwork. It could be done, but you'd be spending thousands....and end up with a machine that might fetch $500 on a good dayvictorIIvictor wrote:
(Seriously, that is a beautiful cabinet, and I wonder what it would take to turn it back into a phonograph).
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Re: Too bad about this Cheney, but it's quite a cabinet.
That's the "beef"... Cheneys in mint condition won't sell for one fourth of the asking price... no matter what the modern equivalent of the original selling price might be.estott wrote:An enormous amount of work. The tone arm, turntable, motor & other fittings - of which a Cheney has many - can be found, but you'll be paying. You'll need to recreate the entire wooden horn system and the fretwork. It could be done, but you'd be spending thousands....and end up with a machine that might fetch $500 on a good dayvictorIIvictor wrote:
(Seriously, that is a beautiful cabinet, and I wonder what it would take to turn it back into a phonograph).
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife