On top of a garbage can - a first for me !
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On top of a garbage can - a first for me !
On my way back from lunch today - take a look what I found sitting on top of a garbage can in Bangor Pa. A first for me, finding a thrown out talking machine in the trash
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Re: On top of a garbage can - a first for me !
Score! Looks complete and should clean up pretty nicely.
In this case, someone else's stupidity was your good fortune....
In this case, someone else's stupidity was your good fortune....
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Re: On top of a garbage can - a first for me !
It must have been clean up - tons of stuff out on the curb. A quick look and the crank just spins around so we will see what it needs
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Re: On top of a garbage can - a first for me !
It still surprises me, in this day and age, when people can get something for a nice antique that they would just throw it away! On the other hand, sometimes people ask too much for an item that is not worth it. I guess it's a double edge sword.
But, I agree, it should clean up, and I'm sure the motor will be easy to get running!
Good luck with it!
But, I agree, it should clean up, and I'm sure the motor will be easy to get running!
Good luck with it!
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Congratulations! I've often found 78s for free out on the curb, but never a full-fledged Grafonola!
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Re: On top of a garbage can - a first for me !
Congratulations! I'm glad you got it before some kids spotted it and smashed it just for the hell of it.
That reminds me of something I read, possibly going back over 30 years ago. It was either published in the "New Amberola Graphic," or "The Antique Phonograph Monthly" -- both long gone. Someone came across a Vic. V in working condition, and fitted with an oak horn, at their local dump. Apparently it was just sitting on a pile of trash. Needless to say, it quickly found a new home.
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That reminds me of something I read, possibly going back over 30 years ago. It was either published in the "New Amberola Graphic," or "The Antique Phonograph Monthly" -- both long gone. Someone came across a Vic. V in working condition, and fitted with an oak horn, at their local dump. Apparently it was just sitting on a pile of trash. Needless to say, it quickly found a new home.
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Re: On top of a garbage can - a first for me !
Looks like a 1913-'14 "Jewel", Columbia's $35 machine.
Nice little 2-spring machine.
Good grab !
Nice little 2-spring machine.
Good grab !
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Nice find.
I suspect someone will soon create a thread where they describe how they left a Columbia machine unattended next to a trash can for a few minutes, came back and it was gone...
I suspect someone will soon create a thread where they describe how they left a Columbia machine unattended next to a trash can for a few minutes, came back and it was gone...
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Re: On top of a garbage can - a first for me !
It was 30 minutes when they went to the rest room. Anyway that is a good find and a once in a life time opportunity. Probably thrown out because it would not crank. I have read a couple of instances of people finding discarded phonographs that people did not want. One was a horned machine complete with horn. It was called a crown. Tom BMr Grumpy wrote:Nice find.
I suspect someone will soon create a thread where they describe how they left a Columbia machine unattended next to a trash can for a few minutes, came back and it was gone...
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Re: On top of a garbage can - a first for me !
Actually it was more like 10 to 15 minutes while I went to locate the buyer at a phonograph show, leaving the machine by the monitored entry area nowhere near a trash can or bathroom. So I really don’t see any comparison, nor the humor in what was essentially a theft. But whatever, lol, right?tomb wrote:It was 30 minutes when they went to the rest room. Anyway that is a good find and a once in a life time opportunity. Probably thrown out because it would not crank. I have read a couple of instances of people finding discarded phonographs that people did not want. One was a horned machine complete with horn. It was called a crown. Tom BMr Grumpy wrote:Nice find.
I suspect someone will soon create a thread where they describe how they left a Columbia machine unattended next to a trash can for a few minutes, came back and it was gone...