There is always a selection of machines for sale at the CLPGS Powick Phonofair, usually including external horn machines both cylinder and disc.CarlosV wrote:Iñigo, learning about machines is sound advice, but I'm afraid a gramophone show is rarer than an external horn machine. There are few in the US and practically nothing in Europe (Rudeshein shrank to almost nothing, Powick sells only records and old radios, and that's it).AZ* wrote:Advice to the original poster. Save your money and go to a show. Buy some books and learn about the machines before you go.
I don't know where you are looking, but most outside horn machines don't show up in antiques malls or flee markets unless a phono dealer has a stall there.
It's always best to examine them in person.
I have attended the event for years and have never seen an old radio for sale there, but with no interest in radio I might have failed to notice one.