chestnut is a color. #954535 although I wouldn't use it to describe a machine.estott wrote:This ebay seller describes a mahogany Silvertone machine as "Chestnut colored"
http://cgi.ebay.com/Antique-Silvertone- ... 4156921b81
Going to post Victor Type E Monarch Jr $620 eBay Wed 1/26
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Re: Going to post Victor Type E Monarch Jr $620 eBay Wed 1/26
Ah, yes, the joys of eBay. Our friend in Spain was unable to clear funds and we've just agreed to cancel his sale with no regrets. Next bidder also unresponsive - so...up she goes again.
After an interesting comment from a new viewer - he suggested that the brass elbow might screw off the black horn, which of course it does, duh...
So I added photos of the unscrewed horn (without the dummy traveling arm screw - turns out the screw hole was at least nice and neat.)
Fun to watch the action, anyway, eh?
Here's the eBay post:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... RK:MESE:IT
and here's the online photo album if you just want to look at the the pics:
https://picasaweb.google.com/mastertonh ... directlink
Kind regards,
Heather
After an interesting comment from a new viewer - he suggested that the brass elbow might screw off the black horn, which of course it does, duh...
So I added photos of the unscrewed horn (without the dummy traveling arm screw - turns out the screw hole was at least nice and neat.)
Fun to watch the action, anyway, eh?
Here's the eBay post:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... RK:MESE:IT
and here's the online photo album if you just want to look at the the pics:
https://picasaweb.google.com/mastertonh ... directlink
Kind regards,
Heather
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Re: Going to post Victor Type E Monarch Jr $620 eBay Wed 1/26
HAH! I just saw a Victor E in a 1948 movie: it's the machine Bing Crosby is trying to sell Emperor Franz Joseph in the movie that is playing on TCM right now - it's called "The Emperor Waltz". The phonograph falls into a water fountain, and Crosby pulls it out and plays a record on it!
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Re: Going to post Victor Type E Monarch Jr $620 eBay Wed 1/26
I just ordered that movie from Amazon.com. I can't wait to get it. I want to see that scene mentioned above.
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Re: Going to post Victor Type E Monarch Jr $620 eBay Wed 1/26
It may actually be a slightly different model - the crank is vertical!? Ideas?
But it was a front-mount, with a traveling arm, same case size and design appearance. AND a black and brass japanned horn.
Best,
Heather
But it was a front-mount, with a traveling arm, same case size and design appearance. AND a black and brass japanned horn.
Best,
Heather
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Re: Going to post Victor Type E Monarch Jr $620 eBay Wed 1/26
Heather,
The machine was a Berliner "Improved Gramophone." A slightly later Victor B&B horn and traveling arm were substituted for the original horn & arm.
George P.
The machine was a Berliner "Improved Gramophone." A slightly later Victor B&B horn and traveling arm were substituted for the original horn & arm.
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Re: Going to post Victor Type E Monarch Jr $620 eBay Wed 1/26
Thank you for the reply post, George! It was a very cool scene - and the phonograph actually has a major role in the picture. Bing Crosby chases the Emperor around trying to get him to listen to it and place an order - it's in several scenes in outdoor settings. At one point Bing tries to conceal it by telling some suspicious villagers ( who are in search of the "orchestra" concealed in the woods) that it processes strawberries. He tosses some into the horn and turns the crank...