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.Oh My Goodness
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gramophone78
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Oh My Goodness
All I can say is..... .
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penman
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Re: Oh My Goodness
Well at least they left the crank in case of a power failure 
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gramophone78
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Re: Oh My Goodness
No kidding...penman wrote:Well at least they left the crank in case of a power failure
. They added more holes to the case than Swiss cheese. They even removed the id plate...???. So, the lid is finished and the bottom is not much better. The column parts are very corroded. So, I guess you get a crank. That is of course it's the right crank. The gold on it looks weak or painted....??. Oh yeah, I almost forgot....they used part of the pitch control as the on/off switch.
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dutchman
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Re: Oh My Goodness
WOW! I've been looking for one of these for years
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Torjazzer
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Re: Oh My Goodness
As the lady said, "Goodness had nothing to do with it."
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Curt A
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Re: Oh My Goodness
Holey s#%t!!!
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
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Wolfe
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Re: Oh My Goodness
BEFORE YOU GET TOO SMUG!!
That might have brought a lot of joy to some people. Some poor farmer's family or what have you.
That might have brought a lot of joy to some people. Some poor farmer's family or what have you.
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howardpgh
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Re: Oh My Goodness
OH MY
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epigramophone
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Re: Oh My Goodness
You are right.Wolfe wrote:BEFORE YOU GET TOO SMUG!!
That might have brought a lot of joy to some people. Some poor farmer's family or what have you.
It is easy for today's collectors to forget that,in the not too distant past,such a machine would have been considered valueless and originality would not have been considered at all. Anything which could be done to extend it's useful life would have been acceptable, and the thought that it might one day be a collector's item would never have entered the owner's head.
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Shane
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Re: Oh My Goodness
Yeah. From the looks of the tonearm and wiring, I think the job of "updating" this phonograph was done a LONG time ago.