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Indian Reproduction machines can get quite sophisticated !
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 4:37 am
by soundgen
Indian Reproduction machines can get quite sophisticated ! HMV Thorens reproduction with a Pathé back bracket , is the back bracket original ?
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Re: Indian Reproduction machines can get quite sophisticated
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 8:13 am
by Le0
the back bracket is typical of crapophones... it looks better than average but I still wouldn't have one at home.
Re: Indian Reproduction machines can get quite sophisticated
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 1:22 pm
by VintageTechnologies
The back bracket sure looks fake to me.
Re: Indian Reproduction machines can get quite sophisticated
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 2:43 pm
by estott
Sand casting, possibly from an original but crude. As a whole I will admit the machine is a bit more convincing than most. If that is hand painting on the horn it looks decent.
Re: Indian Reproduction machines can get quite sophisticated
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 5:59 pm
by need4art
Trust me its hand painted. I have spent time in both India and Pakistan (going back in Feb.) and they have some great artists there. The fact is labor is cheap-even for those that are talented. It takes 3-4 years to build a house and the labor quality can run from excellent to very poor but the timing and costs are pretty close.
No one there really understands about decals, if I could figure out how to get my horns there I would take them and might do so on another trip. Yes I know that that use a poor decal for the machine logo but they think that that is what we want that decal. But for the horn they know that is hand painted and that is what we expect so that's what they give us.
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