Greg, I have noted that you and several members like the Capehart units . I have seen a few of them here in Arizona from time to time.-I know nothing about them. There is one for sale now on Craigslist a model # B-1002-F. Owner says that it has been in his family for 60 years. He has original instruction manual as well as bill of sale and is asking $750.00. Any comments about it or price? Thx Abe Feder
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Greg Bogantz <gbogan...@charter.net> wrote: > I realize that electronic phonos are a bit off-topic for this forum, but > for those of you who can really appreciate a fine Capehart, here's a rare > find: A 414N-1 with the VERY hard to find 41E-2 flipover changer: > > eBay Item #150426006960 > > This is the last version of the 41E changer that has the interchangeable > tonearms and plays both 78 and 33rpm microgroove records, circa 1949. I'm > posting this here to try to rescue this unit from the grimy clutches of the > Western Weenies who are going to buy this console ONLY to rip out the > Western Electric speaker from it so that they can mount it under glass and > drool over it. Note that there is already a bidder question posted about > wanting to see the speaker. Then they'll sell off the N-1 power amp with the > 2A3 output triodes to some golden ear tube yahoos. Then they'll simply junk > the rest of the console or turn it into a liquor cabinet. That would be a > particular shame since this is appears to be a really nice and complete > original example of a fine, RARE Capehart. Trust me: the 41E-2 machines are > RARE! Let's see one of our Phono-L members give this complete unit the home > it deserves. This model is particularly easy to enjoy while you're not > playing records as it has t > he modern FM radio band which means you can actually listen to good radio > programs on it. In glorious monophonic sound, of course. I don't have a > problem with collectors mounting things under glass to admire, but to > destroy a perfectly good, working piece of fine equipment just to preserve > one part of it really grinds my gears. I'd bid on it, but I don't have room > for it. > > Greg Bogantz > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
