Frankenphone breaks new ground

neilmack · Post by **neilmack** » Fri Aug 11, 2023 8:17 am

If only on price .......

https://www.gumtree.com/p/antiques/colu ... 1449491193

Dischoard · Post by **Dischoard** » Fri Aug 11, 2023 10:55 pm

Wow, this is just... wow...

I hope anyone interested would ask about what all those extra holes were for...

Post by **epigramophone** » Sat Aug 12, 2023 6:35 am

Also for sale on eBay, where it has languished for many months as the asking price slowly drops.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266075789646 ... R6bJ75S9Yg

Sidewinder · Post by **Sidewinder** » Sat Aug 12, 2023 8:08 am

I checked with the currency converter - looks OK to me?

Post by **epigramophone** » Sat Aug 12, 2023 9:21 am

Here is my original thread about this machine, in the appropriate section :

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=54634

mrrgstuff · Post by **mrrgstuff** » Sat Aug 12, 2023 6:52 pm

Dischoard wrote: Fri Aug 11, 2023 10:55 pm Wow, this is just... wow...

I hope anyone interested would ask about what all those extra holes were for...

Motor looks to have an integral folding winding handle too, from a portable.

I think I have seen that soundbox too, but the wording appears to have been blacked out ..

Sidewinder · Post by **Sidewinder** » Sat Aug 12, 2023 7:01 pm

Disc Graphophone case
columbia portable motor
ditto wrong turntable
back bracket from crapophone
tone arm from different model of suitcase machine
reproducer looks like Decca
Generic pressed horn
Horn elbow maybe most valuable spare in the whole mess - from HMV