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Posted: **Tue Dec 17, 2013 8:43 am**

Strange coincidence. Now there is a reproducer Opera horn on eBay. That may help the person who bought the machine.

Rich Gordon

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Beautiful-Mahog ... 19e66df437

Posted: **Tue Dec 17, 2013 12:58 pm**

rgordon939 wrote:Strange coincidence. Now there is a reproducer Opera horn on eBay. That may help the person who bought the machine.

Rich Gordon

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Beautiful-Mahog ... 19e66df437

That listing has already been cancelled. That didn't take long.

Posted: **Tue Dec 17, 2013 2:06 pm**

I don't think it was canceled. If I remember correctly it had a buy not price of $900. And that is what the listing shows it sold for.

Rich Gordon

Posted: **Tue Dec 17, 2013 2:30 pm**

phonogfp wrote:
flashpanblue wrote:I forgot to mention that I find it hard to believe that this Opera could have sat around for 100 years without a lid on and yet the bed plate decals and paint have survived just like new! This machine is in such nice condition...
Pete
The trademark decal has been replaced and the gilt decorations have been touched up in places.

George P.

George,
It looks to me that the bed-plate and gear covers were rubbed down taking all of the gilt off and then the gilt was replaced by a very bad flat gold paint.