phonogfp wrote:
I agree. One thing though, regarding a model B cabinet with model D mechanism: I once had a Standard Model D (serial No.676769) and it was untouched - - and in a low molding cabinet (like a model B). Has anyone else encountered an un-messed-with model D in the earlier-style cabinet? I maintain they exist.
George P.
Another argument for leaving things as you find them. Some pretty odd things came out of the factories and you just don't know. I've got a B model home works, 2-4 minute gearing, large carriage and cygnet that sets in a D/E case. The old collector I got it from swears he got it that way probably 50 years ago now. It does not look like it's fiddled with. Did the original owner re-case it at some point, perhaps when he upgraded the gearing and the carriage or was it a marriage made by a last generation collector? I probably will never know but I've just left it alone.