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Valecnik wrote:That case looks so professionally done. Do you know, did he make it himself, have it done or? If it was actually a late Triumph case or oak opera case it would obviously have the crank hole etcetera. What about the decal?

It looks better from a distance than it really is. I was told by the family that Art made it from a standard Triumph case. The decal is a water transfer. You can see the outline of it if you look at a certain angle.

Cygnet crane mounting holes were drilled twice and crank hole was filled. After two attempts, the cygnet crane mount is still not in the correct position.

Steve

Steve, now I'm curious.....did the man just buy the Alva mech in the 1930's...or????.

gramophone78 wrote:Steve, now I'm curious.....did the man just buy the Alva mech in the 1930's...or????.

The family didn't know what transpired with the case. They were told by one of his friends that he put the case together. I don't think anyone knows what all came with the machine in 1932. I am tempted to have a case made up from a Triumph case per Alva case specifications.

Steve

The crane mounting holes are puzzling. An F Model Triumph case would have certainly already had the holes drilled in the correct place. I wonder if that extra set was a factory mistake? Probably impossible to say.

The inside of the back panel looks varnished. He may have knocked the case apart & reversed it so the original inside is now outside?
The filled holes also appear to be the same distance from the edge as the new holes. Perhaps the original owner upgraded to a cygnet horn & mounted the bracket in the wrong place, and Mr Wilmouth redrilled the holes in the same position on the oposite side, not realizing the original bracket had been mounted incorrectly.

despite the bodged case it is stil a fantastic machine and one i would die for! is it possible to see a video of it running and playing?

Alex

Andersun wrote:

gramophone78 wrote:Steve, now I'm curious.....did the man just buy the Alva mech in the 1930's...or????.

The family didn't know what transpired with the case. They were told by one of his friends that he put the case together. I don't think anyone knows what all came with the machine in 1932. I am tempted to have a case made up from a Triumph case per Alva case specifications.

Steve

Hmmm... it has such an interesting history and looks so nice the way it is I'd probably leave it unaltered.

Valecnik wrote:

Andersun wrote:

gramophone78 wrote:Steve, now I'm curious.....did the man just buy the Alva mech in the 1930's...or????.

The family didn't know what transpired with the case. They were told by one of his friends that he put the case together. I don't think anyone knows what all came with the machine in 1932. I am tempted to have a case made up from a Triumph case per Alva case specifications.

Steve

Hmmm... it has such an interesting history and looks so nice the way it is I'd probably leave it unaltered.

I would have to agree with Bruce. Better to leave it until (if possible) you can find out more about it.

kirtley2012 wrote:despite the bodged case it is stil a fantastic machine and one i would die for! is it possible to see a video of it running and playing?

Alex

I will create a u-tube video and post here tomorrow. The fun part is when the repeater kicks in.

Steve

Andersun wrote:

kirtley2012 wrote:despite the bodged case it is stil a fantastic machine and one i would die for! is it possible to see a video of it running and playing?

Alex

I will create a u-tube video and post here tomorrow. The fun part is when the repeater kicks in.

Steve

That's one phono on which a repeater really makes sense. No spring to wind so you could put a record on and play it over and over and over and...