Peter,PeterF wrote:Except that the machine with Buster is not a Revere.
Look at the machine Buster is leaning on. Do you see the radio? Do you see a speaker grille? Yes, on both counts.
Look at the posted pictures of a Revere. Do you see a radio? Do you see a speaker grille? No, on both counts. Instead, if you look carefully, you see shots of the downward-firing smaller orthophonic horn (and notice that the legs have been amputated). The Revere is an acoustic phonograph, not an Electrola. It has no speaker. It has no radio. It's a Revere, which is not very much like a Hyperion, at all.
They are not the same.
So who amongst us can ID the machine Buster is leaning on, if it isn't a Hyperion? Sure looks like the one shown here (albeit called a 16-1 rather than a 15-1):
http://radioatticarchives.com/radio.htm?radio=2152
You misunderstand. Everything you just said is exactly the point that Victor 15-1 was trying to make in his 4/9, 2:29PM posting.