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Yes, and of course the silver lining goes out the window when they start butchering Vernis-Martin or Circassian Victrolas, Deluxe Grafonolas, Edison Period Models, etc...gramophone-georg wrote:
Just our luck it will inspire more brainless "artists" looking for "Victorlas" to butcher...
But those make the coolest "licker cabnits"...phonogfp wrote:Yes, and of course the silver lining goes out the window when they start butchering Vernis-Martin or Circassian Victrolas, Deluxe Grafonolas, Edison Period Models, etc...gramophone-georg wrote:
Just our luck it will inspire more brainless "artists" looking for "Victorlas" to butcher...
George P.
That reminds me of an old 'adaptive reuse' that's been around for decades -- turning candlestick telephones into lamps. Most of the ones I've seen use very common phones of little value even now, but several years ago I stumbled upon one in a local antique store that used a very rare and highly desirable phone. I bought it for $100. Aside from having had the nickel stripped down to brass, the phone was not very damaged. I took it apart, tossed the lamp, and sold the phone for $1000. I was happier about saving a rarity than I was about the profit.phonogfp wrote:Yes, and of course the silver lining goes out the window when they start butchering Vernis-Martin or Circassian Victrolas, Deluxe Grafonolas, Edison Period Models, etc...
Then there are the phonograph horn lamps. You'd think they'd use Craphophone horns readily available from India, but no...TinfoilPhono wrote:That reminds me of an old 'adaptive reuse' that's been around for decades -- turning candlestick telephones into lamps. Most of the ones I've seen use very common phones of little value even now, but several years ago I stumbled upon one in a local antique store that used a very rare and highly desirable phone. I bought it for $100. Aside from having had the nickel stripped down to brass, the phone was not very damaged. I took it apart, tossed the lamp, and sold the phone for $1000. I was happier about saving a rarity than I was about the profit.phonogfp wrote:Yes, and of course the silver lining goes out the window when they start butchering Vernis-Martin or Circassian Victrolas, Deluxe Grafonolas, Edison Period Models, etc...
That just makes me wanna hurt someone.
Too silly, too silly: quite agree. Get some discipline into those chaps, Sgt.-Major!