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What do you think of this? Quite fancy, but I'm not sure if it's a period custom cabinet or completely new. Possibly it might have had another sort of phonograph in it - the board surrounding the Amberola 30 mechanism doesn't match the case. The more I look at it the more I'm thinking this is new- that smeary finish seems to shout it.
Fancy case Amberola on Ebay
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FloridaClay
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Re: Fancy case Amberola on Ebay
Wondering if it might be one of those after-market cabinets made by various firms back in the day to set table model phonographs into to make them look like floor models?
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2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
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Re: Fancy case Amberola on Ebay
I like the cabinet, but not for $6,000.00! 
There are better machines to be had for that kind of money.
There are better machines to be had for that kind of money.-
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Re: Fancy case Amberola on Ebay
hmm, a amberola 1A or that.... i know what i would pickVintageTechnologies wrote:I like the cabinet, but not for $6,000.00!
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You and me too Kirtley!kirtley2012 wrote:hmm, a amberola 1A or that.... i know what i would pickVintageTechnologies wrote:I like the cabinet, but not for $6,000.00!
An interesting cabinet, not worth that by any stretch, and the 30 was kind of low end if I remember.
Clay
Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume's Laws of Collecting
1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.