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I couldn't resist posting this "thing"...wonder what's under the hood?

http://nashville.craigslist.org/atq/5089360432.html

But the tag say it's one!!

What a goofy-looking modification! But sensible, I guess, in that those slats enable easy volume control.

Why the ID plate had to be removed to the outside, though, is a greater mystery. Perhaps some antique shop owner thought it would sell quicker if the Edison plate was readily apparent?

Ralph

P.S. Fran, while I'm at it, I should mention that a few weeks ago, when I was in my hometown (Alpena, Michigan), I went downtown and visited "John Henry's Antiques"--where I spotted a butchered Chippendale. The record storage area had been cut away, leaving only the horn chamber and everything above as a "table top." I was so shocked that I didn't have the heart to even photograph it. Now, I realize, I was being derelict in my duties to your Chippendale thread. I won't be up there again for many months, but on the other hand I can't imagine it will sell very quickly. I suppose one could call the owner and have them trot over to record the serial number.

pughphonos wrote:What a goofy-looking modification! But sensible, I guess, in that those slats enable easy volume control.

Why the ID plate had to be removed to the outside, though, is a greater mystery. Perhaps some antique shop owner thought it would sell quicker if the Edison plate was readily apparent?

Ralph

P.S. Fran, while I'm at it, I should mention that a few weeks ago, when I was in my hometown (Alpena, Michigan), I went downtown and visited "John Henry's Antiques"--where I spotted a butchered Chippendale. The record storage area had been cut away, leaving only the horn chamber and everything above as a "table top." I was so shocked that I didn't have the heart to even photograph it. Now, I realize, I was being derelict in my duties to your Chippendale thread. I won't be up there again for many months, but on the other hand I can't imagine it will sell very quickly. I suppose one could call the owner and have them trot over to record the serial number.

Ralph, don't even worry about it. With units like that, I record the important data such as might be important (drawers/shelves, elec. auto stop, and/or any unusual features), but without a serial number, I record them just for "general" purpose trends.

There's a similarly hacked oak Chippendale that's been listed on the Wassau WI CL for as long as I've been recording them. The top portion is shown setting on top of the cut-off bottom portion though.

Note the seam that is level to the bottom of the grille.

fran604g wrote:
There's a similarly hacked oak Chippendale that's been listed on the Wassau WI CL for as long as I've been recording them. The top portion is shown setting on top of the cut-off bottom portion though.

Note the seam that is level to the bottom of the grille.

All the easier to cart the photograph portion off to the beach!

When I bought my C19 some past owner had removed the "Official Laboratory Model" medallion from the wood bedplate surround work and put it in the curved front part of the lid. Thought it looked "classy" there I suspose.

Clay

Sort of like the Mack truck hood ornament I mounted on my Case 580 tractor years ago...made it run better.

Fran

There's a lot of it about.

http://www.kijiji.ca/v-art-collectibles ... nFlag=true

Torjazzer wrote:There's a lot of it about.

http://www.kijiji.ca/v-art-collectibles ... nFlag=true

Well lookit that willya!

fran604g wrote:

Torjazzer wrote:There's a lot of it about.

http://www.kijiji.ca/v-art-collectibles ... nFlag=true

Well lookit that willya!

Maybe they were Switched at Birth?

Bill