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On the first day of last month, I made an unbelievable find at a flea market in San Francisco's Little Moscow district: the elusive Soviet counterfeit version of the Edison Diamond B reproducer, the semi-mythical Lenin-Tone.
It's complete and appears completely identical to an actual Diamond B, other than additional badging. This one even came with its original presentation box. Lenin-Tone, the Voice of the Proletariat!
See the attached photos. Obviously more research is needed, but in the meantime, I'm sure you will agree that this is completely...unbelievable!
FOUND: Unbelievable Soviet Diamond B Knockoff
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PeterF
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Re: FOUND: Unbelievable Soviet Diamond B Knockoff
Looks like an Edison Diamond "B" to me!
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Re: FOUND: Unbelievable Soviet Diamond B Knockoff
This is a month and a day late!
George P.
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Re: FOUND: Unbelievable Soviet Diamond B Knockoff
It looks like a Diamond B to me with new stickers on it. The box looks like a modern cardboard one with stickers on it. Other than that, It looks like a nice reproducer. I don't think these are Russian copies, if such a thing were made.
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Re: FOUND: Unbelievable Soviet Diamond B Knockoff
Darn, George beat me to it. Happy May Day comrade....phonogfp wrote:
This is a month and a day late!
George P.
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Re: FOUND: Unbelievable Soviet Diamond B Knockoff
Doesn't have to be April Fool's for Peter to be yankin' your chains.phonogfp wrote:
This is a month and a day late!
George P.
BTW, he's not a Leninist; he's a Kropotkin Anarchist....
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-- Maria Callas, 1968 interview.
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Re: FOUND: Unbelievable Soviet Diamond B Knockoff
"Unbelievable" indeed!!
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PeterF
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Re: FOUND: Unbelievable Soviet Diamond B Knockoff
Hmmmpf.
Talk about the Kropotkin calling the kettle red!
Well, I never.
Talk about the Kropotkin calling the kettle red!
Well, I never.
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Re: FOUND: Unbelievable Soviet Diamond B Knockoff
Whoever sold you this took advantage of you. This looks like a cheap Indian knockoff of the original reproduction Soviet Lenin-Tone reproducer... the originals had a hand engraved signature done by Lenin himself.
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Re: FOUND: Unbelievable Soviet Diamond B Knockoff
But, the question remains: is it loud?
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