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Re: Going to post Victor Type E Monarch Jr $620 eBay Wed 1/26
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:42 pm
by Retrograde
chestnut is a color. #954535 although I wouldn't use it to describe a machine.
Re: Going to post Victor Type E Monarch Jr $620 eBay Wed 1/26
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 10:50 pm
by mastertonh
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
Re: Going to post Victor Type E Monarch Jr $620 eBay Wed 1/26
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:23 pm
by mastertonh
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!
Re: Going to post Victor Type E Monarch Jr $620 eBay Wed 1/26
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 4:20 pm
by Phonofreak
I just ordered that movie from Amazon.com. I can't wait to get it. I want to see that scene mentioned above.
Harvey Kravitz
Re: Going to post Victor Type E Monarch Jr $620 eBay Wed 1/26
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 5:13 pm
by mastertonh
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
Re: Going to post Victor Type E Monarch Jr $620 eBay Wed 1/26
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 6:52 am
by phonogfp
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.
Re: Going to post Victor Type E Monarch Jr $620 eBay Wed 1/26
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 7:47 am
by mastertonh
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...