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Reduced from $900 to $50!!!!!



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Condition
Used - Fair
Some surface rusting on the turntable and the outer case cover is wearing away at some corners. Needle and one other part missing. Great conversation piece though.

Really everything is wrong with this. The description, the condition, and the price, even at $50. Where does the seller get the idea this is an HMV 101?

A great conversation piece, well maybe something like; “Is that trash waiting to go out with garbage?”

jamiegramo wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2026 10:29 am Really everything is wrong with this. The description, the condition, and the price, even at $50. Where does the seller get the idea this is an HMV 101?

Dunno....

Il n'a peut-être pas tout à fait tort. C'est peut-être un produit français, et si c'est le cas, il doit donc, bien sûr, être de bonne qualité.

And how did he decide on the original $900 CDN price tag?

It is obviously not an HMV 101, but I wonder it actually is.

jamiegramo wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2026 10:29 am A great conversation piece, well maybe something like; “Is that trash waiting to go out with garbage?”

jamiegramo wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2026 10:29 am Really everything is wrong with this. The description, the condition, and the price, even at $50. Where does the seller get the idea this is an HMV 101?

A great conversation piece, well maybe something like; “Is that trash waiting to go out with garbage?”

Steady on old bean, you are beginning to sound like steve ha ha

What is that thing on the turntable spindle I wonder ?

Is that a metal nail in the winder hole ?

The thing on the spindle at first sight seemed some part of the Ultona soundbox...
Tighter attention shows that it could be one of those back trumpets for a soundbox.
The nail seems to act as an improvised crank, yet it'll be hard to wind unless you use pliers to turn it.

Inigo wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2026 1:07 pm The thing on the spindle at first sight seemed some part of the Ultona soundbox...
Tighter attention shows that it could be one of those back trumpets for a soundbox.
The nail seems to act as an improvised crank, yet it'll be hard to wind unless you use pliers to turn it.

Yes as you say it’s either something like the Ultona soundbox, a back trumpet for a soundbox like the Pixie Grippa or simply the mouthpiece of an old telephone.

Lah Ca wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2026 12:50 pm Il n'a peut-être pas tout à fait tort. C'est peut-être un produit français, et si c'est le cas, il doit donc, bien sûr, être de bonne qualité.

And how did he decide on the original $900 CDN price tag?

Il existe des produits de bonne et de mauvaise qualité provenant de tous les pays. En outre, ce gramophone a l'air américain.
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$900...Le prix est ridicule !