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Nice to see a decent "horn" machine on CL with a clean half barrel full of records.Even better that it is close to me!!!!!

Wow!!!! they are selling this too!!!!! .Not as cool as the "horn" unit but,a nice set.

The cylinder machine is either a BET or BFT Graphophone. The BFT would have a 6" long mandrel to play 3-minute duration 'Twentieth Century' cylinders. Looks like it may be s 2/4-minute machine as well, if the Blue Amberol cylinders in the cabinet are any indication.

I think it's too big for a BET, probably is a BFT. If the price is not too high you should grab it.

Good luck if you should decide to do so!

BET and BFT shared the same case . . . only difference is in the mandrel length.

Hmmm... I thought the case was a bit bigger on the BF/BFT.

I'm pretty sure the BF/BFT had a bigger motor too, one more spring but I guess that does not mean the case is necessarily bigger.

A nice machine anyway.