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Check out this cool looking Puritan phonograph
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 8:31 pm
by Jonsheff
Found this on ebay, never seen one before, looks like an upside down Sonora baby grand. Ever seen one of these?
Re: Check out this cool looking Puritan phonograph
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 9:43 pm
by Roaring20s
Re: Check out this cool looking Puritan phonograph
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:51 pm
by mattrx
I tried to buy an oak example in Missouri a year or so ago. I was one call too late. They are really interesting looking machines and I would love to find a nice one someday. Preferably in oak.
Matt
Re: Check out this cool looking Puritan phonograph
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 11:43 pm
by AmberolaAndy
Really cool for an off brand. Very funky design. It almost looks like something a really eccentric cartoon character would own.
Re: Check out this cool looking Puritan phonograph
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 10:11 am
by VanEpsFan1914
AmberolaAndy wrote:Really cool for an off brand. Very funky design. It almost looks like something a really eccentric cartoon character would own.
Or an eccentric Talking Machine Forum member.
Re: Check out this cool looking Puritan phonograph
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 1:46 pm
by Victor VII
These machines have very nice decals also....
Re: Check out this cool looking Puritan phonograph
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 2:49 pm
by AZ*
Jonsheff wrote:Ever seen one of these?
I've seen them in person at Jasper's Victorian Palace and at the Union show.
Re: Check out this cool looking Puritan phonograph
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 5:56 pm
by Phono-Phan
I don't consider myself to be eccentric but I have one in oak. The oak ones are a bit hard to find.
Re: Check out this cool looking Puritan phonograph
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 8:36 pm
by Jonsheff
So there are more of them out there than i thought. My wife saw the picture and thought it looked like a stove. The motor in the one i posted didn't look like anything to write home about, a 3 spring i think. Wonder if they used meisselbach like so many other non-victrolas out there?
By the way, that oak model restoration is stunning, very nice.
Re: Check out this cool looking Puritan phono
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 11:47 pm
by AmberolaAndy
VanEpsFan1914 wrote:AmberolaAndy wrote:Really cool for an off brand. Very funky design. It almost looks like something a really eccentric cartoon character would own.
Or an eccentric Talking Machine Forum member.
That would be me if I had my way!
