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Someone should go and see this.
http://sacramento.craigslist.org/atq/5177705214.html

I've never seen anything like this. Very interesting. Jerry B.

Fancy-dancy Grafonola...

Is this in any of the catalogs ?

( I 'm more used to seeing this kind of veneer work / marquetry on baroque harpsichords... )

Very nice looking but you and your better half better be in agreement on this purchase as it would be the centerpiece of any home.

By the way Gramphone78 you sure travel afar on your computer.

Bruce

Not listed in the new ipad version of Baumbach's Columbia book. Does not look like after market, too well done I think. Someone close needs to check this out.
Andreas

De Soto Frank wrote:Fancy-dancy Grafonola...

Is this in any of the catalogs ?

( I 'm more used to seeing this kind of veneer work / marquetry on baroque harpsichords... )

This looks to me like a custom cabinet shop piece with a Grafonola mechanism put into it - not a Columbia factory piece.

estott wrote:

De Soto Frank wrote:Fancy-dancy Grafonola...

Is this in any of the catalogs ?

( I 'm more used to seeing this kind of veneer work / marquetry on baroque harpsichords... )

This looks to me like a custom cabinet shop piece with a Grafonola mechanism put into it - not a Columbia factory piece.

Won't argue that, but whoever built the cabinet included the ubiquitous Grafonola "Tone-Leaves" ...


Looks like high-quality work... anybody close-enough to do some reconnaissance, look for some decals, license labels, etc. ?

I think it was Ettore Bugatti who described the Rolls-Royce as "A triumph of craftsmanship over design".

That would be my description of this machine.

epigramophone wrote:I think it was Ettore Bugatti who described the Rolls-Royce as "A triumph of craftsmanship over design".

That would be my description of this machine.

Seconded!