The Talking Machine Forum — For All Antique Phonographs & Recordings

I predict that the guy who paid $1030.00 for this pretty little piece of XXXX will soon be having a very bad day.

At least he can return it within 7 days and get his money back (according to the seller's return policy) and he will just be out the return shipping.

That's what scares me about the really early models. Its so simple in construction that it
can be faked all too easily.

That horn is made by truncating a flower holder used in cemeteries. The original pointed end had a heavy wire to stick in the ground, and it was originally painted green. I saw dozens [if not hundreds] of these in the 60s.

hillndalefan wrote:That horn is made by truncating a flower holder used in cemeteries. The original pointed end had a heavy wire to stick in the ground, and it was originally painted green. I saw dozens [if not hundreds] of these in the 60s.

Thanks for pointing out where the horn came from. It seems as if the only genuinely old part on this thing is the sound box.

By the way, what were you doing in the 60's that had you in the midst of hundreds of cemetery vases?