Vesper Gramophone

[2Bdecided]

This thing is gorgeous...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Vesper-W ... 1251320661

It probably doesn't sound as nice as it looks, but it's interesting in that the sound seems to come out from the back - is it for public performances? Or maybe the servant operates it while the master listens?

Cheers,
David.

[estott]

It is quite gorgeous, though someone cut the legs off.

The sound was supposed to bounce off the wall behind the machine and be reflected around the room.

[Steve]

With cut off legs it's perfect stock for the dealer we all know with the cut down Bassanophone. Do not be fooled when a machine miraculously reappears sprouting new legs! They are not 'original' legs found discarded in a waste bin. They are repro or sometimes legs removed from non gramophone related furnishings. They never look right.

[epigramophone]

With about 12 hours to go the high bid is £255, so someone somewhere considers it worth the effort of getting it back on it's feet.

[estott]

It should be possible to fit it with some simple Hepplewhite legs and a skirt - fortunately there is a molding at the bottom to hide the join. It wouldn't be perfect but could look plausible.