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Historic Frankenphone?
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 4:40 pm
by Blimpy
Re: Historic Frankenphone?
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 7:42 pm
by USlakeside
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?
Re: Historic Frankenphone?
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 4:23 am
by syncopeter
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.
Re: Historic Frankenphone?
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 9:21 am
by FloridaClay
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