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Thanks, Killjoy.MicaMonster wrote:Oh, where do >I< begin on this one. It's a Type-A Triumph in a Type-B Cabinet. Add to that, that it has a threaded, not slotted crank, so the original square hole crank....the nickeled one.....missing to history (along with the original Typa-A motor....). The original nickel carriage casting....gone. Cabinet bottom has been stripped, and refinished and has incorrect Edison script decal (with round "i"). Onto better things.....there looks to be evidence of silver painting (noooooooooo!). But from the photos I obtained, there is silver paint in the lock plate screw heads, and look at that umbrella ID plate.......shinier than the rest of it. I hope I am wrong, but man....there is flaking paint on the edges of the bedplate, too. If the bedplate looked as aged as the top casting, I would have been more enthusiastic. Cygnet crane bracket looks to have silver paint around cuff. There is paint on the the inside (or, even ON) the end gate securing bolt. Crane looks right. Horn is a 10 panel, incorrectly spray bombed red.
Is this worth saving? YES. Can it be done reasonably? It depends on if you are doing the work and have the right parts. Still, a GREAT FIND in the wild, from an awesome estate. My guess is that the mechanism was in a sweet record cabinet (glass top), and was removed to make the record cabinet more "functional." Someone found a Triumph B and did the "upgrade" to make it shinier.
This post and ones like it are precisely the kind of education I look for from this web site. Thank you MicaMonster for sharing your insights.MicaMonster wrote:Oh, where do >I< begin on this one. It's a Type-A Triumph in a Type-B Cabinet. Add to that, that it has a threaded, not slotted crank, so the original square hole crank....the nickeled one.....missing to history (along with the original Typa-A motor....). The original nickel carriage casting....gone. Cabinet bottom has been stripped, and refinished and has incorrect Edison script decal (with round "i"). Onto better things.....there looks to be evidence of silver painting (noooooooooo!). But from the photos I obtained, there is silver paint in the lock plate screw heads, and look at that umbrella ID plate.......shinier than the rest of it. I hope I am wrong, but man....there is flaking paint on the edges of the bedplate, too. If the bedplate looked as aged as the top casting, I would have been more enthusiastic. Cygnet crane bracket looks to have silver paint around cuff. There is paint on the the inside (or, even ON) the end gate securing bolt. Crane looks right. Horn is a 10 panel, incorrectly spray bombed red.
Is this worth saving? YES. Can it be done reasonably? It depends on if you are doing the work and have the right parts. Still, a GREAT FIND in the wild, from an awesome estate. My guess is that the mechanism was in a sweet record cabinet (glass top), and was removed to make the record cabinet more "functional." Someone found a Triumph B and did the "upgrade" to make it shinier.
Wyatt,MicaMonster wrote:Oh, where do >I< begin on this one. It's a Type-A Triumph in a Type-B Cabinet. Add to that, that it has a threaded, not slotted crank, so the original square hole crank....the nickeled one.....missing to history (along with the original Typa-A motor....). The original nickel carriage casting....gone. Cabinet bottom has been stripped, and refinished and has incorrect Edison script decal (with round "i"). Onto better things.....there looks to be evidence of silver painting (noooooooooo!). But from the photos I obtained, there is silver paint in the lock plate screw heads, and look at that umbrella ID plate.......shinier than the rest of it. I hope I am wrong, but man....there is flaking paint on the edges of the bedplate, too. If the bedplate looked as aged as the top casting, I would have been more enthusiastic. Cygnet crane bracket looks to have silver paint around cuff. There is paint on the the inside (or, even ON) the end gate securing bolt. Crane looks right. Horn is a 10 panel, incorrectly spray bombed red.
Is this worth saving? YES. Can it be done reasonably? It depends on if you are doing the work and have the right parts. Still, a GREAT FIND in the wild, from an awesome estate. My guess is that the mechanism was in a sweet record cabinet (glass top), and was removed to make the record cabinet more "functional." Someone found a Triumph B and did the "upgrade" to make it shinier.