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There is a strange thing listed in the phonograph section of ebay.fr

http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 1438.l2649

Although I have no clue on what it could be, some collectors certainly know as the price is steadily growing...

Any idea?

my complete guess would be a shaver for disc blanks, ive never seen one before though!

Shaver is my guess also for wax masters.

its a Pathé roneophone shaver the roneophone used wax discs and was a cdictaphone both capable of recording and playback its a very very very very rare machine and the shaver is even more so the only thing missing on the shaver is the capscrew keeping the disc from tipping over and the brass plate on the center hole that had the peg that held the disc in place

greetings
tino

Thanks guys for the info!

By the way, a roneophone (incomplete) is on sale at http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 1438.l2649