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Missing the tone arm/reproducer (which are probably unobtainium), but I would assume this is a rare item.

https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/85348338

It's absolutely a rare item. The Hawthorne & Sheble version of the Yankee Prince! That tone arm/sound box will be tough to find, but stranger things have happened.

Here's an old thread on this machine:

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=19653&p=115718&hili ... ce#p115718

George P.

phonogfp wrote:It's absolutely a rare item. The Hawthorne & Sheble version of the Yankee Prince! That tone arm/sound box will be tough to find, but stranger things have happened.

Here's an old thread on this machine:

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=19653&p=115718&hili ... ce#p115718

George P.

Hi George,

Yes, I had looked at the thread about the time the machine was listed. I know it is a rare bird, and if I weren't pecuniarily challenged at the moment, I would toss my hat in the bidding ring. I will be anxious to see what price this ends up bringing. The bidding is tantalizingly low right now, but we know that can change in a second!

Best,
CharlieP

As George mentioned, the arm and reproducer will be extremely hard to find. Especially a reproducer that is not missing its needle bar and that has a needle bar retaining spring that's not broken.

Isn't the tonearm/reproducer the same or similar to a late model backmount Zonophone? If so, I'd part out the Zono and restore the Yankee Prince... Also, is this a coin-op machine, since it appears to have a coin slot on the side?

phonogfp wrote:It's absolutely a rare item. The Hawthorne & Sheble version of the Yankee Prince! That tone arm/sound box will be tough to find, but stranger things have happened.

Here's an old thread on this machine:

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=19653&p=115718&hili ... ce#p115718

George P.

After looking at the old thread, now I see why the tonearm and reproducer will be a difficult find...

Curt A wrote:Isn't the tonearm/reproducer the same or similar to a late model backmount Zonophone? If so, I'd part out the Zono and restore the Yankee Prince... Also, is this a coin-op machine, since it appears to have a coin slot on the side?

Unfortunately, no. It's a completely different tone arm & sound box. What appears to be a coin slot is the on/off lever.

CharliePhono wrote: The bidding is tantalizingly low right now, but we know that can change in a second!

Yes indeedy! It amuses me when I see folks post active eBay/online auctions, commenting that it's a "great price" or "a good deal." There's no "deal" or "price" until the auction's over!

This would be especially tantalizing for someone who happens to have the right Yankee Prince arm/sound box in their boxes of parts. For anyone else, it's liable to be an exercise in patience. Still...

George P.