RE: Phonos
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- Victor I
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RE: Phonos
Hi just picked this up. Who made it and what is it called? No decal nothing on the reproducer.
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- Victor V
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Re: RE: Phonos
It appears to be some sort of Columbia or Columbia client model.
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Re: RE: Phonos
BZH Hornless Talking Machine, built by Columbia. I have one that's similar.
You may find a paper label inside the case...
- Bill
You may find a paper label inside the case...
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Re: RE: Phonos
Nice machine.
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- Victor VI
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Re: RE: Phonos
I had one of these little cuties at one time. The BZH is a client sold for Sears as an Oxford. I think someone said it was a 1912 to 1916 model.
The grill on mine was slightly different. Here is a picture of it--I did not have the whole machine together for some time; this was one I built out of two dead ones. One had a motor and platter but no tonearm; the other had a tonearm and precious little else. On mine the horns were sheet metal painted with oak grain. The No. 6 Columbia reproducer (unmarked) made it a loud & fine-sounding phonograph.
When I restored it I used it awhile & traded it for a floral paint job on the horn of my Columbia BN Graphophone. Then the other carcass (three planks and the iron back bracket, a busted horn, and a baseboard) turned into eventually a bit of oak to help fix a VV-IV with a crushed corner. The VV-IV really deserved a bit of help so I carved out the crunched part & transplanted a chunk of the Oxford. Filled, sanded, stained, and finished, and there's a bit of that dead machine living on in two functional ones.
The grill on mine was slightly different. Here is a picture of it--I did not have the whole machine together for some time; this was one I built out of two dead ones. One had a motor and platter but no tonearm; the other had a tonearm and precious little else. On mine the horns were sheet metal painted with oak grain. The No. 6 Columbia reproducer (unmarked) made it a loud & fine-sounding phonograph.
When I restored it I used it awhile & traded it for a floral paint job on the horn of my Columbia BN Graphophone. Then the other carcass (three planks and the iron back bracket, a busted horn, and a baseboard) turned into eventually a bit of oak to help fix a VV-IV with a crushed corner. The VV-IV really deserved a bit of help so I carved out the crunched part & transplanted a chunk of the Oxford. Filled, sanded, stained, and finished, and there's a bit of that dead machine living on in two functional ones.
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- Victor I
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Re: RE: Phonos
Thanks' everyone .