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Just found a nice stand on CL here a few days ago. Love the look of it and have decided to use it for our new #205. Not exactly a great match. However, at least it fits... . The stand has a great scribing angel celluloid medallion.Seems to be British...??.

It's the matching stand for the Melba Gramophone

Yes!

http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... f=2&t=2764

A really fantastic find and, I expect, worth a great deal. They have to be rare!

Now all you need is the Melba.

Clay

FloridaClay wrote: Now all you need is the Melba.
Clay

It would seem that I do... . There was no Melba there when I bought it. In fact, there was no machine at all. The guy was using it as a pedestal for a statue lamp thing. Claims he owned it for years and was now down sizing.
The stand could not have come at a better time. The 205 is a monster and I needed something to put it on.
Thank goodness it fits on this stand.
Here is a interior shot that was asked for.

Wow. You have had more than your share of amazing finds lately, and now a stand for the Melba gramophone! That certainly takes the cake. Congratulations!

Garret wrote:Wow. You have had more than your share of amazing finds lately, and now a stand for the Melba gramophone! That certainly takes the cake. Congratulations!

It has been without question one of the best years finding items "in the wild" I have ever had. However, I'm running out of room and hope things slow down to some degree..... .

Freak'n awesome! A thing of beauty!

http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... f=2&t=2764

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/VICTOR-G-amp ... 7675.l2557

http://www.flickr.com/photos/39468302@N00/358054363

James.

Thanks for the links James. The last one in Paris shows the machine & stand with a all brass 24" horn. OK, I have a spare horn like this. So, all I need now is the Melba and I'm good to go.

The way your amazing luck is going you will find a Melba sitting in a local flee market.

I'm afraid you will need more than luck after that as divorce lawyers are expensive.

Just remember compromise is the key word in any relationship. I recently acquired a beautiful Vic 6 with a mahogany horn. My wife prefers golden oak so to compromise the Vic is sitting on an oak end table. No big beautiful mahogany cabinets in our living area - to the basement with my mahogany.

Bruce