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why would someone do this?
http://poconos.craigslist.org/atq/4831178587.html

Well, the item is located in Tamaqua, PA, which is in da hearth of Ant'racite Coal country, down-dere in Schuykill County.

Very much working-class area, folks living in company-owned housing during the coal-era, lots of immigrant folk...


I imagine that when the victrola quit ( or for whatever other reason ), some thrifty individual figured it was a good idea to "repurpose" the rest - a cabinet to put da new TV on top'n... who knows, maybe the motor was already repurposed to run a trolling-rig for fishingk... ?


It does seem a shame that this machine got the chop... :/

( Is there even $40-worth of cabinet / hardware left ? )

Keep a lookout for a "RARE" table model Victrola XIV. Jerry

I once encountered the oak bottom-half of an Amberola 1A or 1B in an antique shop (you couldn't tell which one with only the bottom of a Pooley-style cabinet). Boy, that was a heartbreaker!

George P.

De Soto Frank wrote:Well, the item is located in Tamaqua, PA, which is in da hearth of Ant'racite Coal country, down-dere in Schuykill County.

Very much working-class area, folks living in company-owned housing during the coal-era, lots of immigrant folk...


I imagine that when the victrola quit ( or for whatever other reason ), some thrifty individual figured it was a good idea to "repurpose" the rest - a cabinet to put da new TV on top'n... who knows, maybe the motor was already repurposed to run a trolling-rig for fishingk... ?


It does seem a shame that this machine got the chop... :/

( Is there even $40-worth of cabinet / hardware left ? )

Hey nah, da freak!

Storage for the boilo?

Check it out here: http://www.coalregion.com/speak/speaka.php

phonogfp wrote:I once encountered the oak bottom-half of an Amberola 1A or 1B in an antique shop (you couldn't tell which one with only the bottom of a Pooley-style cabinet). Boy, that was a heartbreaker!

George P.

The bottom half of an oak A-250 is currently on Craigslist near Boston:

http://boston.craigslist.org/sob/atq/4826661723.html

Somebody, please re-assure me that this table top music box was manufactured this way. I hope someone didn't cut down a Grafonola Deluxe to make this...

Henry wrote:

De Soto Frank wrote:Well, the item is located in Tamaqua, PA, which is in da hearth of Ant'racite Coal country, down-dere in Schuykill County.

Very much working-class area, folks living in company-owned housing during the coal-era, lots of immigrant folk...


I imagine that when the victrola quit ( or for whatever other reason ), some thrifty individual figured it was a good idea to "repurpose" the rest - a cabinet to put da new TV on top'n... who knows, maybe the motor was already repurposed to run a trolling-rig for fishingk... ?


It does seem a shame that this machine got the chop... :/

( Is there even $40-worth of cabinet / hardware left ? )

Hey nah, da freak!

Storage for the boilo?

Check it out here: http://www.coalregion.com/speak/speaka.php

Wid room for a coupla kortz too...

Curt A wrote:Somebody, please re-assure me that this table top music box was manufactured this way. I hope someone didn't cut down a Grafonola Deluxe to make this...

Oh, they did...they did...

George P.

Yeah that looks pretty awkward as a table top. Sad....