Ugliest Crap-o-phone ever!

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bbphonoguy wrote:We have all seen hideous crapophones, but this one posted by Ortho Fan completely gasts my flabber :shock:
That was actually posted by recordo on the previous page. I re-did it a bit to show more detail.

It's a shocker, I agree.

O.F.

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I wonder if the guy that made that monstrosity thought of connecting the Singer Sewing Machine treadle to the fake-o-phone to save himself winding a spring or two!?

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recordo wrote:I wonder if the guy that made that monstrosity thought of connecting the Singer Sewing Machine treadle to the fake-o-phone to save himself winding a spring or two!?
Pedal model Edison Victrola! Very rare: you buy now! :lol:

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I work for a clinical lab & see all manner of medical journals & publications. Here from the current August issue of CAP Today(College of American Pathologists) is a gen-yew-whine ad from a company called Bio-Rad Laboratories, somehow promoting their Bioplex 2200 System)whatever that is). What I see is the cabinet of a VV-VIII or early VV-IX minus the lid, some brand of 1920s radio speaker horn to give it that "His Master's Voice" touch, & a stack of Lps just about to be shredded into vinyl shavings. By the way, is the Victor "winding key" at least correct for this machine?
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Really Crap !
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They're getting better - I mean, worse!!

Wow, how low can they go?

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Around 230$ [this with aluminum small horn]

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Very interesting frankenphone :lol:
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I'm not sure where this one belongs, but it is as "tragic" as some other examples here. Not a Crap-o-phone, not a Frankenphone, but somewhere it fits , if only "in spirit". This was found after a general search for "Victrola" on flickr.com. A fellow's girlfriend bought him the already gutted cabinet(so one can't place blame on him), & this was his new use for it.
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That last one isn't so bad- at least it's a real turntable and not some kind of Ipod dock. The guy at least likes vinyl.

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