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Zeppy
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What the heck happened to this

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Just stumbled on this machine on ebay, and I have to wonder, what the heck happened to this Victrola? Looks like it was caught in a fire:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-VICTOR- ... 2c61698a3c
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They put a link in their ebay auction to a youtube video.

http://www.youtube.com/user/1966ludwig?feature=mhee
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I think a fire was definitely the cause.


I bet it sounds, wait for it.... Hot :lol:
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It was close to a fire. I had an Edison 'Concert' ('Opera') that had been in an attic fire that looked like that. Still ran although the front was charcoal! The stylus had melted out of the stylus bar of the L reproducer.
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