I saw right through what he did.....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Columbia-Phonog ... SwA3tXomHT
Columbia Clear-Tone on eBay.
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Re: Columbia Clear-Tone on eBay.
He must play the records upside down somehow with that reproducer. 

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Re: Columbia Clear-Tone on eBay.
The seller says one of a kind. Thank goodness for that !!:
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Re: Columbia Clear-Tone on eBay.
Actually it looks quite interesting, especially from a didactic standpoint. Anyone can look and see the governor spinning, the barrel and wheels turning, the internal horn. My kids would have been much more attracted to that than to the drab old dark cabinets that produce old-fashioned music in my gramophone room.
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Re: Columbia Clear-Tone on eBay.
When RCA Victor was making players for 45s, they made a few of each model in clear plastic as dealer demos. These are now considered highly collectible.CarlosV wrote:Actually it looks quite interesting, especially from a didactic standpoint. Anyone can look and see the governor spinning, the barrel and wheels turning, the internal horn. My kids would have been much more attracted to that than to the drab old dark cabinets that produce old-fashioned music in my gramophone room.
Here's an example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6PEhzUHPjE
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I'd do it out of tempered plate glass. Metal connectors, through bolts with felt washers. Polished glass edges.....the way it would have been done back then. By skilled craftsmen.
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Re: Columbia Clear-Tone on eBay.
A company called Kurtzmann also made a glass machine. Even the turntable was glass.