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Historic Frankenphone?
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Blimpy
- Victor O
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Historic Frankenphone?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-GRAMOPH ... 0498206203
Looks like a Victor with a different tag on it.
Looks like a Victor with a different tag on it.
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USlakeside
- Victor III
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Re: Historic Frankenphone?
I was curious about this too. I think it may have the right parts actually. I know I have seen this style of horn before, I just cant place it. I also asked if there were extra holes. It looks like a simple Swiss type machine with possibly the wrong horn. The bracket, apparently, doesnt have extra holes underneath. Wonder whats behind that brass plate?
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syncopeter
- Victor II
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Re: Historic Frankenphone?
It probably is Swiss or German, using Swiss parts. There were loads of these machines. Horn gramophones stayed in fashion on the European continent until well in the early 1920s. Most used Swiss hardware.
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FloridaClay
- Victor VI
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Re: Historic Frankenphone?
Interesting. I'm wondering if it might a vintage repro of some sort. Some of the parts look more like the second half of the 20th century than the first half.
Clay
Clay
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1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.