I am desperate to know this harmony talking machine is real
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Yes, it is real.
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And it is "Really Nice" What are your other concerns about it?
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- Victor I
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The good thing about the phonograph hobby is that with a very few rare exceptions the fake machines are painfully and utterly obvious as of now. Google crapophone.
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Here's a good, albeit brief, primer about Harmony Talking Machines -- https://www.intertique.com/HarmonyID.htmlUaisgood wrote:I am desperate to know this harmony talking machine is real... Someone help me
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Thanks, I love this machine,
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I am self educated in identifying fakes, the brain is amazing, Frederick Douglass and President Fillmore (as much as he sucked) taught themselves to read.
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This is a Harmony Columbia Client machine, circa 1909-14. It's hard to tell the condition of the decal in front. The horn has been repainted. Original horns were a blue translucent color with gold stripes. Regular 78's won't fit the spindle. However, Harmony records are fairly common. Nice machine.
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Thanks Harvey, yea it’s been restored, the guy I bought it from on eBay said it was and I can tell. Yep, Columbia like pretty much any big corporation was greedy and only wanted people to buy harmony records.
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JAS Antiques sometimes offers a straight swap regular spindle turntable for these on eBay.Uaisgood wrote:Thanks Harvey, yea it’s been restored, the guy I bought it from on eBay said it was and I can tell. Yep, Columbia like pretty much any big corporation was greedy and only wanted people to buy harmony records.
Snag this... problem solved. You lift the Harmony TT off and slip this one on.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/10-Standard-Ta ... Sw-a9ZhHlc
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