This is just funny. "Edison Opera Phonograph"
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This is just funny. "Edison Opera Phonograph"
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Re: This is just funny. "Edison Opera Phonograph"
It would almost pass for a Pathé were it not for the HMV logo. Nothing remotely Edison about it.
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Re: This is just funny. "Edison Opera Phonograph"
But it is an "Old Modern Handicraft"!
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1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
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Re: This is just funny. "Edison Opera Phonograph"
The self - same stinker is here marketed as an HMV Monarch Gramophone. http://www.amazon.com/Old-Modern-Handic ... 00RQE30G4/
Perhaps it's a Pooley Victrola and and EMG Xb oversize too.
Perhaps it's a Pooley Victrola and and EMG Xb oversize too.
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Re: This is just funny. "Edison Opera Phonograph"
Nice!!! Even better you should go to the page I posted and read the reviews.neilmack wrote:The self - same stinker is here marketed as an HMV Monarch Gramophone. http://www.amazon.com/Old-Modern-Handic ... 00RQE30G4/
Perhaps it's a Pooley Victrola and and EMG Xb oversize too.
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Re: This is just funny. "Edison Opera Phonograph"
Finally... a quality handcrafted Crap-O-Phone from China at an affordable price... 

"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
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Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
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Re: This is just funny. "Edison Opera Phonograph"
No it is not a phonograph it is what we call in the real world of Fabulous Phonographs
The one Pictured in eBay listing is none other than the " Famous Crapo phone"

The one Pictured in eBay listing is none other than the " Famous Crapo phone"

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