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Anyone seen anything like this? Could it be for real? Or a Frankenphone?

Hakan

I think it's fake.

It realy is what it is...and it is interesting , and it seems well made...it appears to be recently constructed from a supply of period parts...The question is : "Is it better to have the spare/salvaged stuff in a junk box , or assembled into a quasi-gramophone"?...there are good arguements for both sides.....somehow "Frankenphone" seems a bit harsh a term for a person's ingenuity, and craftmanship...now trying to pass it off as a real period gramophone , well , that's different.....On the otherhand , ½ of the body of my 54 Chev pickup is new parts , and the engine is a period 6 cyl GM industrial engine from an agricultural machine , and I still call this a 54 Chev....not a Frankenchev....It's all food for thought...I never met a gramophone I didn't like....

How does it sound?

Player-Tone wrote:How does it sound?

Like a Sonora... clear as a bell?

Here's a fantasy Gilbert phono within a buffet. James.

Le0 wrote:I think it's fake.

The components all look genuine to me, even if they might not all have started life together.

What "faker" would go to the trouble and expense of constructing that monstrosity of a horn?

That Gilbert in a buffet may have been done a long time ago, possibly when the piece was new- I've seen similar examples.

estott wrote:That Gilbert in a buffet may have been done a long time ago, possibly when the piece was new- I've seen similar examples.

An authentic buffet phonograph. This one is rather nice looking.
I have an English dry sink that has similar lines. just in case anyone has interest...
http://reading.craigslist.org/atq/4046701649.html

James.