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But I can't show it. I will get chastised. Hexaphone 103 in good working order. At least when I found out how to raise the lid. I got to show it anyway but I can't load it up with pink cylinders.

Congratulations!! Beautiful machine!

Hi Ronnie,
That's a real nice looking machine! Now I want one too!!!!
Pete

flashpanblue wrote:Hi Ronnie,
That's a real nice looking machine! Now I want one too!!!!
Pete

I know that feeling Pete. I have wanted one for 20 years but couldn't afford it. I am downsizing my collection to about 15 or 20 special machines.

Nice machine Ronnie. These Hexaphones are just beautiful.

Rich gordon

I hafta settle for a Fireside w Cygnet and a tin cup for nickels. hehe

Confused: Is the New Machine the Hexaphone, or something else? And why would you be chastised for showing either? We certainly won't chastise you !

ps - Saw my first Hex at the Deansboro Musical Museum, prolly in 1975 or 1976 ... That was a wonderful, all-day visit, and most everything was in fine working order. I returned in 1977, and all was well - but a visit around 1992-4 revealed a lack of care and tuning, so was much less impressive. Of course it's all gone now.

Amberola wrote:I can't load it up with pink cylinders.

A Hexaphone 103 only plays 4 minute cylinders, so why would you fill it with Pink Lamberts that can't be played on it? It's a beautiful machine, congratulations.

Sean

Super Ronnie.. Love those machines. Congratulations and good luck.

blizz

Congrats Ronnie, that machine looks great!
Have you darkened it yet? because in that picture it looks pretty good the way it is.

I would've loaded it with pink cylinders out of spite.

Spite? That's silly. It's his machine and he can do what he wants with it. That said, I would want an important machine like that to be historically accurate. To me, that's like putting an Elvis LP on my Credenza to demonstrate it to visitors.

Sean