Frankenphone
http://www.ebay.com/itm/390935558895?ru ... 26_rdc%3D1
How many mistakes can you see? Let me kick it off
1.) Motor replaced at least 3x. Now with a cheap suitcase gramophone motor
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How many mistakes can you see?
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- Victor Monarch
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Re: How many mistakes can you see?
The HMV decal on the horn, & gold paint slapped on the case trim. Otherwise the machine looks plausible.
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- Victor II
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Re: How many mistakes can you see?
2.) yes, wrong horn (probably the best thing of the set - Spanish HMV)
3.) Wrong elbow - Plumbing with taped end
4.) Home made corner columns
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3.) Wrong elbow - Plumbing with taped end
4.) Home made corner columns
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- Victor Monarch
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Re: How many mistakes can you see?
OK- thank you - I'm not familiar with HMV's foreign lineUS PHONO wrote:2.) yes, wrong horn (probably the best thing of the set - Spanish HMV)
3.) Wrong elbow - Plumbing with taped end
4.) Home made corner columns
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- Victor VI
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Re: How many mistakes can you see?
I'm sad
to see that shipping isn't available to the USA. Darn the bad luck. Now I'll have to forgo this fine specimen!!
Harvey Kravitz




Harvey Kravitz
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Re: How many mistakes can you see?
The listing has disappeared.
Clay
Clay
Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume's Laws of Collecting
1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
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- Victor II
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Re: How many mistakes can you see?
Here some photo's.
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- Victor VI
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Re: How many mistakes can you see?
The biggest mistake I see is....placing a Ebay listing in the wrong section of our forum....
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The case I believe is a Paillard made. The rest is a mishmash of all sorts. From Swiss to German to Spanish to junk.



The case I believe is a Paillard made. The rest is a mishmash of all sorts. From Swiss to German to Spanish to junk.