A Beautiful Little Phonograph

[phonogfp]

If I hadn't gone in hock over the weekend buying phonographs, I'd have been sorely tempted to bid on this. I think it went quite reasonably!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SMALL-VERY-ORNA ... 500wt_1202

I apologize for the link - - Even after all the direction given here, I was unable to upload the images. If some patient member would do so, I'd be grateful.

George P.

[estott]

It is very cute though I think the tone arm is a replacement- the reproducer looks like the typical crapophone pattern. I wonder if the whole thing might be a modern creation from some Pakistani workshop with more inspiration than usual.

[penman]

Here's a screen shot

[FloridaClay]

Interesting little machine. Never saw anything like it before. The reproducer may be new (?), but the case looks to have some age on it.

Clay

[phonogfp]

Thanks for the photo, Penman.

I agree that the tone arm seems a bit incongruous, but knowing nothing about this machine, I thought it might be some European beastie from the late 20s/30s. Yet I admit the thought of a crapophone hadn't occurred to me. And there's the major problem with buying on ebay - - you can't examine the thing!

Have I been attracted to a crapophone? Oh, the shame...!

George P.

[gramophoneshane]

The tonearm appears to be from an HMV 88 or 97, and the brake, speed control, & crank all appear to be crapophone. I think it's a complete fake.

[New Owner]

I dunno, I actually think it looks nice. It could just as well be a crapophone as a small European toy/machine from the '20s. If it is a crapophone, I actually kinda like the direction this went. It appears to be rather well-made, which makes me iffy on whether it's really a Middle-Eastern repro, because I don't see any cheaply soldered bits.

[estott]

I won't say Crapophone because it's very attractive, but it looks like a modern piece with vintage parts.

[Stephen_Madara]

Looking at the sellers previous sales he was also mentioned on here with the Toy Hand cranked phonograph from a few months ago.

http://cgi.ebay.com/HANDCRANK-SMALL-TOY ... 2651034876

Seems like a crafty phonograph maker.....

[New Owner]

Sorry to bump, but I found this on the 'Tube a few days ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pim3m0h3pPs
Yipes! The soundbox just falls right off at the end of the record Sound quality isn't too great, but that may be worsened by the camera. What a shame, though. It actually looked pretty nice for a cheapie.