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These machines are maybe 60 miles from me, I see so much of this stuff. The trend seems to be gutting the machines and call it repurposed, or cobbling different machines and trying to make them fit.




http://rockford.craigslist.org/atq/5041757983.html

http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/atq/5081341699.html

The Edison below appears to have cobbled tone arm...

http://southbend.craigslist.org/atq/5083415093.html

I see plenty of this in Seattle too. I wonder if they sell the insides on eBay and try to sell the rest on CL.

Sad indeed I see them all over Oklahoma. What did they do to the lid in the first one?!

Victrolacollector wrote:The Edison below appears to have cobbled tone arm...

The Edison C 150 appears to have a 78 rpm adapter on the horn connection, hard to tell from the pics. Looks like a nice oak example. $150, not too bad.
Mike

There is no shortage of bad choices.
That's why we smile when a nice one is found.

James.

Roaring20s wrote:

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There is no shortage of bad choices.
That's why we smile when a nice one is found.

James.

Ah: the ultra-rare 'Serengeti' model! Most of them were destroyed by lions: nice to see this survivor...

Bill

Lucius1958 wrote:Ah: the ultra-rare 'Serengeti' model! Most of them were destroyed by lions: nice to see this survivor...

Bill

Many were also maimed and needed to be put-down due to careless handlers attempting to make them domestic models.

James.