Just saw this on ebay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1884-R ... SwwSVdQxRp
Cheers, Bob S.
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Re: What the heck?
Years ago, I met the man in Mexico that was making these very plates to put on his "fake" machines. He has long since died. Here is a pic from his place showing one (in yellow) on one of his fantasy machines. I remember him showing me a sheet before they were hand cut By his two Sons. He made a few different types as well as sandblasted glass panels....another one of his favorites... .Zwebie wrote:Just saw this on ebay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1884-R ... SwwSVdQxRp
Cheers, Bob S.
Pure fantasy junk for the tourist trade .
I should add, he and his Sons were very nice and when the Father died, the boys had me come and buy all the "original" items I was interested in. I actually found one of my rarest 7" Berliner's in there.....I know it's hard to believe....but it's true... . He would go to flea markets and buy parts in order to copy from cheap cast aluminum or whatever. Here is one drawer showing a bunch of reproducers, etc... he had put away.
Thanks Bob. You brought back some fond memories.
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MANY THANKS for posting this. It might explain what happened here -- http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... =2&t=27494gramophone78 wrote: Years ago, I met the man in Mexico that was making these very plates to put on his "fake" machines. He has long since died. Here is a pic from his place showing one (in yellow) on one of his fantasy machines. I remember him showing me a sheet before they were hand cut By his two Sons. He made a few different types as well as sandblasted glass panels....another one of his favorites... .
Pure fantasy junk for the tourist trade .
I should add, he and his Sons were very nice and when the Father died, the boys had me come and buy all the "original" items I was interested in. I actually found one of my rarest 7" Berliner's in there.....I know it's hard to believe....but it's true... . He would go to flea markets and buy parts in order to copy from cheap cast aluminum or whatever. Here is one drawer showing a bunch of reproducers, etc... he had put away.
Thanks Bob. You brought back some fond memories.
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Re: What the heck?
Sorry for the off topic post everyone, I suppose I didn’t understand. I’ll go find a grafonola group i suppose
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Re: What the heck?
This topic doesn't have any relation to Columbia machines like yours.1901victorco wrote:I found this Columbia Grafonola today for $55 including records. It appears to be late 10s or early 20s and has no identification I could see. It’s a very odd machine. The record storage inside is 7 Columbia Grafonola 12 inch albums as opposed to the normal filing method of the time for Columbia. There is also a custom key for the lock it seems with a capital cursive E and some carved flowers on the front. If this isn’t a custom machine, does anyone know what it is? I didn’t see any identification inside.
These plates were custom made for somewhat junkie home made machines in the last 30 years for the tourist trade. I'd make a new topic if you want to try and find out more information on your Grafonola. Though I've seen several with that record storage design, it doesn't look odd.