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Some Brunny radio / phono combos I hadn't seen before... just thought I'd share.

Those are both beautiful phonos but the top one especially so. Is $400 a bargain price or not maybe because it's not a windup and not collected by that many people?

Steve Stephens wrote:Those are both beautiful phonos but the top one especially so. Is $400 a bargain price or not maybe because it's not a windup and not collected by that many people?

Early electric phonographs and radios certainly ARE collected... but that's a different hobby alltogether and there are different forums and circles of people for that. I'm guessing $400 is not a value as these early electronics certainly almost always need restoration... which has to be done by someone who knows the old technology.

estott wrote:Sounds like an advertisement I saw from the early 30's: "I have a Modern Ice Refrigerator. Ice retards food shrinkage"

I think they were correct in that dryness shrinks food products. Ice refrigerators kept things moist and thus were able to better maintain the product without shrinking.. I have used lots of ice refrigerators, last one was 9 months of the past year. It performed as well as an electric but producing the ice was the main pain.

Larry

larryh wrote:

estott wrote:Sounds like an advertisement I saw from the early 30's: "I have a Modern Ice Refrigerator. Ice retards food shrinkage"

I think they were correct in that dryness shrinks food products. Ice refrigerators kept things moist and thus were able to better maintain the product without shrinking.. I have used lots of ice refrigerators, last one was 9 months of the past year. It performed as well as an electric but producing the ice was the main pain.

Larry

Dealing with the melt water was also a hassle. Drip pans spilled or got moldy, in face in the old days the entire icebox had to be emptied and scrubbed regularly to keep it from getting mildewed and smelly- of course people kept far less in them than we do so it was less of a chore to empty them.