The Lumiere diaphragm was an orphan from a HMV 460 that someone previously converted to 461 specs, after I got the diaphragm I decided to build a gramophone around it, I wanted it to look a bit striking so I used some heavily figured double bookmatched burl black walnut veneer on the front and top and bookmatched dark walnut on the sides and back, the deck board is a combination of the two.
I made a new diaphragm for it as the original was torn to shreds, it's singing again now, and for a motor I used a HMV disc induction electric motor, will be nice not to have to wind a motor up having about worn out my elbow while french polishing.
The finish isn't quite done, but I couldn't resist putting it all together and getting the wiring done, I'll get it shined up soon.
Overall I think it turned out well
Here is a video I did when I first got the diaphragm fitted and the gramophone was still in it's rough stages:
(Double-click the video above or click this link to go to the video on YouTube.)