I'm a Masochist...

[Hailey]

750 seems like a reasonable offer to me! If it was sitting on a table at Stanton's in November, it wouldn't take much more than that, if any, to snag it.

[Bruce]

And if you go to Stanton's or to one of the shows you get to handle and inspect the machine personally.

Very hard to tell with some of these parts if they are reproductions or very nicely cleaned originals.

Bruce

[Panatropia]

Well, I think the arm and horn rest is either a repro, or someone was very naughty with the wire wheel.
I'm still holding out for a earlier style AH. They're still just under a grand.

[Hailey]

My point, exactly.

[phonogfp]

I'm basing my opinion of the horn on the small end. It sure looks like it has a reduced end for a rubber connector, an original Columbia horn would not have this. Also what ever they used for the curved elbow looks silver not brass. The part of the elbow that actually goes over the reproducer throat could be a Columbia part but I'm guessing a Harvard elbow part was used to make this elbow then soldered to the cylinder horn. Without good pictures or seeing it in person it's hard to tell for sure.

Larry Crandell

The Columbia 30" brass and 36" aluminum horns use an internal thread in the small end designed to accept a threaded elbow. Photos are below. I've seen a few brass elbows but most seem to be aluminum.

I'll leave the arguments as to values to those better informed than I.

George P.

[stevel]

I often get people offering a third of my asking price, it just gets them added to my blocked bidders list so that they can't insult me again
Steve

[fmblizz]

you can always go up but you can't go down...

you can buy things for there value all day long... what's the sense??


blizz

[Phonolair]

The Columbia 30" brass and 36" aluminum horns use an internal thread in the small end designed to accept a threaded elbow. Photos are below. I've seen a few brass elbows but most seem to be aluminum.

I follow your thought George, it could be the screw in type elbow. The pictures make it look like its part silver and then brass at the reproducer.

My thought that someone was making the all brass soldered on elbow.

Larry Crandell

[Lucius1958]

You may have had better luck.....in 1974... .

Plus (going by the date on the photos) the fact that this machine is being offered from 64 years in the future (2080???), inflation may have taken its toll - not to mention the trans-temporal shipping costs...

Bill
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[FloridaClay]

I would have to say that were it my machine (which it is not) I would not consider $750 to be a remotely serious offer. On the other hand the offering price is likely not realistic either.

Clay