Found an A-200 Diamond Disc
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 10:24 am
Hello all
Here is an A-200 Diamond Disc that I picked up at the CAPS show. Some of you will remember I was looking for one. Thanks to Tom Hawthorn I have one now.
These pics are before any cleaning, polishing, dusting, etc. This was in a building at Tom's for some time. The painted horn is nice; I don't know why they would cover it with cloth. I may not replace the cloth, not sure yet. Seems a shame to hide that nice graining. Also the horn is in two pieces, with a connection like a cygnet horn. The record drawer is divided by wooden dividers for each record, rather than dividers for ten records like in the later machines. The paper index is also present. I do not show the reproducer, but it came in an original leatherette covered box, very nice. The bedplate is brown with scroll decorations and a very unusual brake, the only one I have seen like this on a DD model.
Here is an A-200 Diamond Disc that I picked up at the CAPS show. Some of you will remember I was looking for one. Thanks to Tom Hawthorn I have one now.
These pics are before any cleaning, polishing, dusting, etc. This was in a building at Tom's for some time. The painted horn is nice; I don't know why they would cover it with cloth. I may not replace the cloth, not sure yet. Seems a shame to hide that nice graining. Also the horn is in two pieces, with a connection like a cygnet horn. The record drawer is divided by wooden dividers for each record, rather than dividers for ten records like in the later machines. The paper index is also present. I do not show the reproducer, but it came in an original leatherette covered box, very nice. The bedplate is brown with scroll decorations and a very unusual brake, the only one I have seen like this on a DD model.