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Wow..... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Record- ... SwlY1ZHHqP

I wonder who had the idea to do that!

It's a Columbia BQ Graphophone and it looks complete to me. The horn is swiveled to one side and the tone arm is disconnected from the reproducer, which is how it would be when the lid is in place. Nothing wrong as far as I can see. I have one just like it.
The shipping cost seems wrong.
Bob

Well dont I feel dumb! I didnt think of that but it make sense. Thanks for the explanation!

hearsedriver wrote:Well dont I feel dumb! I didnt think of that but it make sense. Thanks for the explanation!

You're welcome! It's all good!
Bob

The backmount Columbia disc machines are very desirable and harder to find... BKT, BFT, BET, etc. The "T" designates a backmount tonearm and horn.

hearsedriver wrote:Well dont I feel dumb! I didnt think of that but it make sense. Thanks for the explanation!

Some eye candy for you to check out:
http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... 622#p87622

Best,
Fran

O, it isn't some kind of frankenphone! Quite an interesting and appealing design.

The more you know, the luckier you get...

http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... =8&t=20350

George P.

Yes, the Columbia back mount machines are my favorite. What's really great if you have a 2/4 min. machine. They sound pretty darn good.
Harvey Kravitz