Just noticed this on Ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Unusual-Aretino ... 2a52c78929
Looks like an Oddball Aretino, that has a Hawthorne & Sheble Support, Tone Arm, and Horn.
Oddball H&S armed Aretino?
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Re: Oddball H&S armed Aretino?
The Hawthorne & Sheble is the rarer model of the Aretino back mount machines.
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Re: Oddball H&S armed Aretino?
Yes it was, and fully illustrated in the last issue of The Antique Phonograph.De Soto Frank wrote:Was this the H&S "yielding-pressure arm" ?

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Re: Oddball H&S armed Aretino?
Wow, $375!! What a steal...
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