FBM: What is this curious machine?

[Lah Ca]

This appears to be a curious drawer mounted small cabinet machine. Does anybody know what it is?

I am also a bit confused by the cabinet construction. One side looks like it has a desk-like foot/leg well.

https://www.facebook.com/share/192DbqCaDy/

[Lucius1958]

Columbia 'Regent' Grafonola - the 'desk' model.

- Bill

[tomb]

Columbia made many models that look like furniture from desks to large phone tables . I have one and it surprises a lot of people when I crank it up.

[Lah Ca]

Thank you, all.

The photographs in the listing do not given any good sense of the size and design of the machine (unless, of course, you are already familiar with the model).

An early model

https://youtu.be/HNvvFkbaoLU?si=6xK-N51JdhfTY_wy

A later model similar to the one in the listing

https://youtu.be/x0NPzDfBioM?si=O_xGvKYdS1r-BBWa

[Lah Ca]

Somehow this post, intended as single thread, ended up unravelling into two strands. The site was unresponsive a little when I first posted, and I ended up with two identical posts without noticing. The two strands have gone off in their own directions.

The other strand is here:

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