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Re: Sonora on Craigslist
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 8:10 am
by VintageTechnologies
FloridaClay wrote:DGPros wrote:Here's my very 1st phonograph that I ever bought in the Bombay style cabinet. Sonora Elite with the wood tone arm. It also has the Pathé style reproducer. She's the reason I now have a dozen machines in my collections.
A nice machine. These Sonoras with bombe-style cabinets are the ones that seem to get the most attention. They really stand out from run-of-the-mill phonographs.
Clay
I and another collector joke that the curvey Sonora reminds us of a big busty opera singer puffing up to sing a loud aria.
Re: Sonora on Craigslist
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 12:07 pm
by DGPros
VintageTechnologies wrote:FloridaClay wrote:DGPros wrote:Here's my very 1st phonograph that I ever bought in the Bombay style cabinet. Sonora Elite with the wood tone arm. It also has the Pathé style reproducer. She's the reason I now have a dozen machines in my collections.
A nice machine. These Sonoras with bombe-style cabinets are the ones that seem to get the most attention. They really stand out from run-of-the-mill phonographs.
Clay
I and another collector joke that the curvey Sonora reminds us of a big busty opera singer puffing up to sing a loud aria.
I believe they have been referred to as the May West model. Yup, I'm beginning to see a trend here.