I'm sure we all have that kind of thing or two taking up room. Things that
look very cool, usually electromagnetic (for me) and are extremely well
made, but I don't have a clue as to what it is or does. Scarce and rare but
probably worthless. Still, it seems to creep in. After seeing a few episodes
of Hoarders it makes me wonder why. :-) uh oh....
There was a C-1 that emerged at the Stanton auction which Chuck confirmed
that as far as he knows, it is number seven. Serial number to come. My case
is perfect with the exception of the left pull. Both right and left are
carved from a solid block of walnut and there is a chunk missing. I need a
master carver and so far have not even come close to the skill set I need. A
chainsaw carver won't do. Worse yet, the pulls are glued onto the door
panels instead of being screwed on from the back. If anybody knows of a
skilled carver I'd be grateful for the information.
All of the early electronic machines, to me, are fabulous. It's where the
electron and fine woodworking met. There is nothing like rows of large
glowing balloon tubes putting forth the sound of a well recorded DD or a
similar Victor machine (9-16) and an Orthophonic record. It's the stepping
off point from the acoustic period with similarly amazing technology. For
years people asked me why I wanted all of that old junk. HA! I think every
person on this group knows the answer to that. The days of finding still
crated machines may finally be over but hopefully nice examples will still
come out of hiding. There's never too much of a good thing.
Bruce Mercer
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry Kasindorf" <ba...@barrykasindorf.com>
To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l@oldcrank.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2011 8:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] 3 Known
I agree.
But I have a friend who thinks an item is worthless unless he sees it sell
for a lot on ebay then gets more interested in it, and will only bid on
something unless it is extremely cheap or he knows there are <10 known. I
keep arguing with him about this but it doesn't seem to matter.
I thought Chuck said 2 more turned up recently, making 9, if he was
already counting those then I guess there are 6. But those last 3 or 4
showed up in the last few showed up recently so there is hope. I guess it
matters if I was going to try and restore a basket case machine. Unless it
is rare it is not worth the bother. But there are things I have that maybe
3 or 4 exist and they are still not worth much or very interesting.
-Barry
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