Actuelle

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Actuelle

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Just cleaed up my Actuelle and could not resist taking a photo of it. I purchased this machine in the early ninetys for $305.
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    WOW! Beautiful machine.

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    Very nice! What a beauty!

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    What's the purpose of the foot pedal (if that's what is actually is)?

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    Actually thats the base of an old heavy chrome orange crusher I picked up in India and been dragging it around since the 60's - It wound up under this Pathé somehow :lol:

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    HAHAHAHAHA It looks like it's part of the machine... As you can tell, I'm still learning.

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    Me too - I posted another photo which shows the superb veneer work on this machine - the orange crusher can be seen in its entirety............... :lol:

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    Nice!! I still think it could double as a piano foot pedal.

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    Very nice machine. If you'd have told us that the orange crusher was the optional volume control, we would have believed you! Jerry

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    A beautiful machine. Haven't see this model before.

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