What's the problem?

[Covah]

Only $500? I was ready to bid but I am not confident in this model. Is it a clever fake or did someone get lucky?

[phonojim]

Link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &viewitem=

It looks to me like a marriage, ie: old components but improperly matched.

Jim

[gramophoneshane]

I agree. The screws that hold on the back bracket dont look right to me either.

[Jerry B.]

Looks to me like the machine started out as an early front mount Col AH. At some point it was updated with rear mount back bracket, tone arm, and a Talk-O-Phone reproducer. I wouldn't be surprised that this was done back when the machine was in use. There must have been quite a bit of incentive to update your front mount machine to the more modern rear mount set up where the horn and tone arm are independent of each other. Jerry Blais