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Walking a favorite "antique mall" today, whose only real unifying theme is that most of it should burn fairly well, I came across this. Then I opened it. Appears to be lovingly refinished since inside the lid you find a glossy finish. He wants $195 for his "bar". I'm not a Victor guy, so I have no idea what the casework is worth, but I thought I would put this out there if someone is interested. Send me a PM if you want more info. It is in the Asheville, NC area and no, it is not mine.

HMVDevotee

Well, at least he did not ruin the reed organ sitting next to it.

I’d be very heartbroken seeing that and living up the lid... can it be reversed?


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VanEpsFan1914 wrote:Well, at least he did not ruin the reed organ sitting next to it.

Where I live in Virginia, you can pick up one of those reed organs for $20-50 any day of the week.

tesch1932 wrote:

VanEpsFan1914 wrote:Well, at least he did not ruin the reed organ sitting next to it.

Where I live in Virginia, you can pick up one of those reed organs for $20-50 any day of the week.

You used to be able to do that with Edison Triumphs, too.
They're kind of neat--they sound like the 1800s, in a good way.

Better hurry....before they go "Shabby Chic" with that thing!.....LOL!!!!!

Tony K.

Edison Collector/Restorer

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Wow! My XVI B wasn’t turned into a bar but it sat empty in the basement for years until a motor and motorboard came along for it. At least the horn and rest of the interior was intact—just a big hole in the top under the lid. Now I do have an empty 2-door Credenza cabinet that was turned into just a storage cabinet before it was turned over to me. Nothing in it.

BillH_NJ wrote:Wow! My XVI B wasn’t turned into a bar but it sat empty in the basement for years until a motor and motorboard came along for it. At least the horn and rest of the interior was intact—just a big hole in the top under the lid. Now I do have an empty 2-door Credenza cabinet that was turned into just a storage cabinet before it was turned over to me. Nothing in it.

The empty 2-door Credenza would be a nice home for the parts from the Credenza in the Trader section that has a rough cabinet. For $150 to get the parts unit, plus then what it would take to buy a workable Orthophonic, that is a better deal than most--especially as tough as it would be to move one of those big horns.

Is it an "antique mall" or an "antiques mall"? A longtime poster on an earlier phono forum thought that these malls should be called "antiques malls." I tend to agree. To bad about the L-door.

Perhaps a previous owner converted the L-Door into a hiding place for their booze during prohibition .