Re: New (to me) Graphophone AF
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2020 6:49 pm
More photos. Will have more once I start doing more with it. Bedplate cleaned up decently with water and a rag.
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I assume a GG or Concert machine is up there with the Opera or Idealia in price since they are the predecessors to those machines?FellowCollector wrote:The Graphophone Grand (type "GG" in the fancy cabinet) is much more difficult to find than the Edison Concert models and is definitely not cheaper to buy than an Edison Concert ( condition/functioning aspects being the same ) but the "AG" Graphophone surfaces occasionally and generally sells for less than the Edison Concert.AmberolaAndy wrote:Is it cheaper to get a Graphophone Grand than an Edison Concert machine? Or has prices for both have been the same?
Doug
Don't think money pit , think saviour and a great item for your Grandchildren to have on display and say Grandad saved this !GrafonolaG50 wrote:Got the topworks moving freely, but the more I mess with this thing, the more I see "money pit", and that's without having even touched the cabinet.
Like the mouse ate the elephant: A little bit at a time.GrafonolaG50 wrote:Well, right now it needs Mr.Baker's expertise on making and fitting a carriage and trunnion, needs a bedplate strip and replate (the nickel is pitted exposing the copper wash underneath), a reproducer, a cabinet trim piece made, veneer work on the lid, and various small parts (lid latch pulls and bedplate screws), and a crank. On the bright side the motor looks to be in good shape. Might start on it once I get a free weekend. Needs a thorough cleaning. I'm assuming it'll probably be 1500-2k to make this thing look factory new, and although I'm a licensed aircraft mechanic, I get paid like a frycook.