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HMV 113 Colonial Transportable for sale!

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 4:38 am
by Steve

Re: HMV 113 Colonial Transportable for sale!

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 12:46 pm
by Phono48
Oh, dear! Wrong motor, wrong brake, wrong speed control, wrong soundbox (although that is at least HMV!) cabinet very tatty. Is it worth bothering with at any price, let alone the one being asked?

Re: HMV 113 Colonial Transportable for sale!

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 12:51 pm
by Steve
You obviously missed the refinished cabinet and replaced grille cloth! ;)

Worth bothering with? Not at THAT price, even though it is super rare.

Re: HMV 113 Colonial Transportable for sale!

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 1:11 pm
by doublemike
Wrong turntable too, I suppose (rounded edges...?!?).

Re: HMV 113 Colonial Transportable for sale!

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 4:27 pm
by Phono48
Steve wrote:You obviously missed the refinished cabinet and replaced grille cloth!
Yes I did, Steve! I also missed the needle clip doing duty as one of the winding handle clips in the lid.
So the only original parts are the arm and the dodgy cabinet? Someone ought to tell him, but it ain't gonna be me!

Re: HMV 113 Colonial Transportable for sale!

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 5:47 pm
by kirtley2012
hmm, soundbox at the wrong angle, tonearm on the wrong side of the record, playing a LP, made up of almost entirely replaced parts... something tells me he doesnt know alot about it :lol:

Re: HMV 113 Colonial Transportable for sale!

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 6:56 pm
by estott
The good parts probably ended up in a Crapophone, and then this was cobbed together.