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What do you think of this? Quite fancy, but I'm not sure if it's a period custom cabinet or completely new. Possibly it might have had another sort of phonograph in it - the board surrounding the Amberola 30 mechanism doesn't match the case. The more I look at it the more I'm thinking this is new- that smeary finish seems to shout it.

Wondering if it might be one of those after-market cabinets made by various firms back in the day to set table model phonographs into to make them look like floor models?

Clay

I like the cabinet, but not for $6,000.00! There are better machines to be had for that kind of money.

VintageTechnologies wrote:I like the cabinet, but not for $6,000.00! There are better machines to be had for that kind of money.

hmm, a amberola 1A or that.... i know what i would pick

kirtley2012 wrote:

VintageTechnologies wrote:I like the cabinet, but not for $6,000.00! There are better machines to be had for that kind of money.

hmm, a amberola 1A or that.... i know what i would pick

You and me too Kirtley!

An interesting cabinet, not worth that by any stretch, and the 30 was kind of low end if I remember.

Clay