Nothing about the model itself. It was a somewhat plain mahogany case but the case wasn't in very good condition. It was early in my collecting life and I hadn't yet tackled major restoration of the exteriors of phonographs. I had other uprights so I got it working - had a broken spring, fixed a sticky tone arm - and I approached a local antique dealer who had the Standard that I noticed he couldn't sell because it wasn't working. I was very interested in getting my first cylinder machine. He was asking more than twice the price I had paid for the Columbia and he agreed to an even trade. Off it went. I had a new project and eventually my first working cylinder machine. He sold the Columbia off pretty quickly, probably for what he was asking for the Edison. So a win/win trade. ----- Original Message ---- From: Thatcher Graham <thatcher at mediaguide.com> To: Antique Phonograph List <phono-l at oldcrank.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 1:01:52 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Columbia Grafanola Is there some disadvantage to the model that drove you to offload it? Glenn Longwell wrote: > My best guess is the Model G-2. There were a bunch of the "letter-2" models and the best match from your pictures and Baumbach's Columbia Phonograph Companion Volume II is the G-2 on page 158. I think I had this same model and traded it for an Edison Standard A. > Regards, > Glenn > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Thatcher Graham <thatcher at mediaguide.com> > To: Antique Phonograph List <phono-l at oldcrank.org> > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 10:11:20 AM > Subject: [Phono-L] Columbia Grafanola > > > I have recently purchased a Columbia Grafanola. I want to restore it, > beginning with the most egregious damage, but I can't figure out the > exact make or model to order parts. The label on the bottom reads 1914. > So I suppose I have two questions: > > 1. Can anyone identify the exact model? > 2. Has anyone ever tried to repair a tone arm that a hack had previously > fixed with epoxy? > > Links to images below > > http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o13/josefritz/100_1469.jpg > http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o13/josefritz/100_1468.jpg > http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o13/josefritz/100_1467.jpg > > > thanks in advance > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: phono-l-bounces at oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-bounces at oldcrank.org] On >> Behalf Of jimcip at earthlink.net >> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 9:11 PM >> To: Antique Phonograph List >> Subject: RE: [Phono-L] Brunswick Information Needed > >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
