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. He has it listed at a Pathé... but I don't think it is a Pathé. What do you think it is? These are the only two pictures. Also it seems as if the legs were cut off? and now it sits on that stand?
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What is this phonograph?
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dzavracky
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What is this phonograph?
This has been on facebook marketplace for awhile now. I am not particularly interested in it... but I still can't figure out what it is . He has it listed at a Pathé... but I don't think it is a Pathé. What do you think it is? These are the only two pictures.
Also it seems as if the legs were cut off? and now it sits on that stand?
David
. He has it listed at a Pathé... but I don't think it is a Pathé. What do you think it is? These are the only two pictures. Also it seems as if the legs were cut off? and now it sits on that stand?
David
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Re: What is this phonograph?
I don’t know what it is, but I think that it is missing it’s legs.
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Re: What is this phonograph?
What was/is this phonograph? Answer: A piece of messed up junk...
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
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Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
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Re: What is this phonograph?
Looks like it could be what's left of a Pathephonic phonograph, which was a short-lived attempt to compete with Victor's Orthophonic line. It seems that during the later 1920s, the US market was up to its neck in "phonics"--Ortrthophonic, Melophonic, True-Phonic, etc..
There are a few posts about the Pathephonic on this forum --
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=12662
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2945
...and a video clip of Pathé's answer to the Credenza -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3mI30ngttQ (From viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8386 )
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There are a few posts about the Pathephonic on this forum --
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=12662
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2945
...and a video clip of Pathé's answer to the Credenza -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3mI30ngttQ (From viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8386 )
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Re: What is this phonograph?
It seems that cutting the legs off was a common thing. I wonder why? Maybe they were ugly
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Re: What is this phonograph?
Typically, machines with amputated legs and bottoms were in floods that caused the glue joints to fail and/or veneer to lift.dzavracky wrote:It seems that cutting the legs off was a common thing. I wonder why? Maybe they were ugly
David
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