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Interesting Kimbal. ...Kind of reminds me of a Cheney ...Nice tiger stripe oak cabinet.
Wonder what the knob/lever on the right front side does. Perhaps a tone control or modulator of some kind?

That lever closes up panels inside the horn to reduce volume

That is a very imposing looking cabinet. Pretty fancy for an off brand.

I particularly like the design of the Kimball motorboard (with the button type things to start the turntable)

I've been wanting to get a Kimball. I hear they have very nicely built cabinets. (if only it was closer, and a couple hundred less.)

My friend Arthur Pare had a Kimball console.It had a very nice tone.He bought it for $15 in a second hand store,and it was filled with 78's.edisonplayer

I have a Regina upright phonograph, that has the on and off buttons and Art Pare-----remember his record auction. The machines are nice, but the people you meet are what makes the hobby what it is-----enjoyable.

The reproducer is of pot metal, and usually there is little cracks by the screw holes, also the reproducer has an isolating rubber, and that is usually rotted, and making a replacement can be a challenge. They have Motor of Quality motors in them. Kimball was a well known maker of reed organs, and pianos, they are nice looking machines, I have one.

Nice figuring / book-matching in the door veneer.

Nice machine. Price is pretty high, though.
Harvey Kravitz

edisonphonoworks wrote:The reproducer is of pot metal, and usually there is little cracks by the screw holes, also the reproducer has an isolating rubber, and that is usually rotted, and making a replacement can be a challenge. They have Motor of Quality motors in them. Kimball was a well known maker of reed organs, and pianos, they are nice looking machines, I have one.

Cases were what they did best- their upright pianos look spectacular, but the interior quality isn't great.