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I used to do antique restoration for a living, and it's always great to come across something high quality like this. Even though it was produced in a factory I'm sure these must have been put out one at a time. Since so many craftsmen from Europe were coming to this country in the teens and twenties it was probably no problem to find men to perform work like this.B.B.B wrote:What an absolute beauty!
Imagine the skills required to do wood carvings like these.
Brian, you are right on the added record wear. This would be one to enjoy the looks of but I wouldn't play it much and can't imagine it would sound that fantastic anyway.brianu wrote:I guess you're still going to run into the same problems playing records that you would with any other columbia phonograph (given the tonearm assembly's added wear on the discs), regardless of how nice the cabinet is... which I'd agree is super nice.
the motor is electric though... does anyone know much about columbia electric motors? were they similar to victor electric motors - better or not as good? I've never seen or owned one.