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I am saving up for a expert junior gramophone
The cost is £2,000 and it would be good for it to be paid in about 2 years preferably less
Has anyone got any tips how a 15 year old can earn £2000?
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Become a body guard for Justin Bieber? One never knows..........

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kirtley2012 wrote:I am saving up for a expert junior gramophone
The cost is £2,000
My piece of advice: save money by price comparison! Last May a working Expert Junior sold at Bonhams for £900 (£1,125 with premium), including some records and needle tins: http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19798/lot/16/

You can deliver newspapers and walk dogs to make some money.

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Flip common, yard sale 78's on e-bay at vastly inflated prices. :P

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That's not a junior!, it's a minor! Notice the spring motor, tonearm in the corner of the case and smaller horn, the horn has also been painted!, the junior has a electric motor, the tonearm base in the middle-right of the case and it has a 26" horn, larger than the minor
Th minor doesn't sound as good as a junior!, thanks to it's small horn and smaller size it can only really keep up with a decent hmv cabinet machine!
These machines do sometimes turn up cheap but not often!
The junior I'm buying has a PERFECT horn with no sagging!, the case is worse do wear but not bad at all!
Thanks for the money suggestions!, keep em coming please!

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There's always window cleaning. Maybe you could get some regular customers in your neighborhood.

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kirtley2012 wrote: Th minor doesn't sound as good as a junior!, thanks to it's small horn and smaller size it can only really keep up with a decent hmv cabinet machine!
I am perfectly satisfied with the sound of a decent HMV, respectively Victor, cabinet machine and much prefer to invest the price difference in records.

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It's just that since I'm buying a emg I want it to sound like a emg!, I.e as good as possible!
I will have a look for jobs locally that I may be able to work with part time!
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I'm perfectly happy that people have their own tastes, perceptions and opinions but I'm firmly convinced that NOTHING can compare to the sound of a well-tuned later EMG or Expert (or a handful of unique machines built along similar lines). Stunning.
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