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I found a Lido amoungst my virtual collection also.
I dont have a pic of an Odeon unfortunately, but I'm sure they were exactly the same, including the no.4 style soundbox.
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Here's a "folk art" phono I once owned. I think the consensus was that it was made from some sort of kitchen box?

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gramophoneshane wrote:I found a Lido amoungst my virtual collection also.
I dont have a pic of an Odeon unfortunately, but I'm sure they were exactly the same, including the no.4 style soundbox.
thats a telefunken lido
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the arty odeon was quite different here the odeon bauhaus portable
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and if you are realy into folky arty stuff try the odeon florian jullian
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Please refer to my post found about the middle of this page:

http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... ola#p44022
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Stumbled upon this while doing some searching today.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/166556920/h ... h_type=all
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That is truly a whacked out piece of kinetic sculpture - I rather like it.

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That is an imaginary contraption.

I found this image and thought it would fit in somewhere, someday. ;)
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Roaring20s wrote:That is an imaginary contraption.
The builder does say in the ad that it works, sort of. I think this person is on the right track with the mechanics but needs a lot of work on the acoustics.

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