I've seen amputations before, but this one has me totally stumped. I can't quite figure out what they did to make it look like this was originally without record storage.
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Who it may be... he was incredibly careful! I cannot see any cuts not any clues to how it has been made!
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But it retains the very useful record storage slats!
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There is a little part of me that almost likes these chopped models that seem to periodically pop up.... We all know them when we see them. Most of the time I only see the record storage areas chopped down with the lid immediately over the 2 storage doors. Could you imagine having a room with a few of these? Maybe my strange side is showing... Have a good weekend, everybody!
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I love it. Seriously. It's cute as a bug's ear, as they say here in the south.
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I don't care how it was made, the price he is asking is way too high.
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Price is too high, and the Victrola is too low!
Still a neat bit of customization but you'd have to put it up on a table or something to wind it.
Still a neat bit of customization but you'd have to put it up on a table or something to wind it.
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It’s the very rare “Corgi” Victrola :
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Way out of left field, here: what if it was a special modification for a 'little person', who had the means to order it? Imagine if there were documentation that it once belonged to Harry Earle, or similar...
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Doubt it came from the factory like that. If you look at the legs the one on the right has a line where the finish is noticeably different near the bottom, and the lines of the legs don't flow smoothly through that point. Not really a bad job, just doesn't look like something the factory would put out to me.
I believe the legs were cut off above the top hinge mortice and the bottoms of the legs were cut off a grafted back on, or new feet were made.
As for why, I was thinking maybe it was modified so it could be operated by someone in a seated position, possibly in a wheelchair.
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I believe the legs were cut off above the top hinge mortice and the bottoms of the legs were cut off a grafted back on, or new feet were made.
As for why, I was thinking maybe it was modified so it could be operated by someone in a seated position, possibly in a wheelchair.
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