How many machines are in your living room?

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Two currently. My Edison C-19 and my Victrola XI. My 3 cylinder machines and 2 portable Victrolas are in my bedroom.

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I have five and a half. I have an Amberola 50 ,a Edison home F with a oak painted cygnet horn, a Edison standard F with a oak cygnet, Edison gem, Victrola XVI and a VV -50 tucked away kind of hid by the VV-XVI I think I am out of room now of course I could get rid of the couch and bring in four more machines but I do not think I can say Why they have been there a while did not you notice earlier. Tom

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Fifteen, but who's counting? :oops:

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My living room is rather small compared to my Family Room, buy you asked specifically for the Living Room, which is more like my Parlor. It has a 1928 Edison C-2, a 1930 Edison R-7, an Edison Amberola 1A in oak, and a 1926 Columbia Viva-Tonal 800.

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marcapra wrote:My living room is rather small compared to my Family Room, buy you asked specifically for the Living Room, which is more like my Parlor. It has a 1928 Edison C-2, a 1930 Edison R-7, an Edison Amberola 1A in oak, and a 1926 Columbia Viva-Tonal 800.
If you have a Viva-Tonal 800, and still have room for the others, then your parlor can't be THAT small LOL

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1 - Victrola VV-X c.1913 - one of my first motor rebuilds in early 2013. I used axle grease for spring lubrication and the scent still wafts out when the lid is opened.

1 - Victrola VV-215 - rather non descript, but my wife thinks it's cool.

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All except 2. I carried the VV-IX to the landing upstairs when a hurricane was threatening, and never found the time to bring it back down: the Europa is still awaiting completion, and also resides upstairs.

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E.M.Ginn Expert Minor c1930.
Edison Triumph Model A 1901.
Beka Open Horn c1918.
Pathé Reflex c1911.
Micro-Perophone Chromogram 1929.
Fullotone Chinoiserie c1925.

I tried unsuccessfully to enter these 6 in the poll. "Invalid Entry" it said!

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What's a living room?
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Form said "Invalid Entry" for me--I keep seven.

Victrola XIV (old reliable)
Victrola 2-65 Portable
Brunswick Panatrope (my 1900s iPods)
Victor III Talking Machine (loud enough to hear across the street)
Edison Standard Model A, 14" horn
Amberola 30 with broken trim and no grill (runs great)
Edison Standard Model E, nearly totaled

Living at home :roll: so I packed these machines into my bedroom. They look nice individually but it's starting to look kind of like a gramophone museum!

Four are on display and running currently. The two portables come out when I want to play Orthophonic records.
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