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What phonograph was at this yard sale? Sonora?
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:32 am
by larryh
Wow, what is this at this funky yard sale? Looks like the sale is over, but the phonograph looks rather like the Sonora Bombay Cabinet? What do you think?
http://chicago.craigslist.org/nch/gms/1377923926.html
Larrhy
Re: What phonograph was at this yard sale? Sonora?
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:47 am
by JohnM
Looks like it may be one of the less extreme Sonora models. The word is actually 'bombe' with an accent over the 'e'. It is a French cabinetmaking term meaning 'bombed' or 'exploded' in reference to the sides of the cabinet swelling outward as if they had contained an explosion. The phonetic pronunciation is 'bom-bay' which leads to the word being misspelled frequently. I just sent an email to the Porter Music Box Co. yesterday (of all people) because they have it spelled 'bombay' on their website.