[Phono-L] Operaphone phonograph

[Robert Plavzic]

Hi,

Didn't columbia make a piano shaped phono? I have seen a few piano style
phono's. The company Pianophone - logically - was also a manufacturer who
made these.

4000 is a bit out of ballpark and 1925-1930 would be a better year range.

But of course you do get a few extra needles with it...........(how to spot
someone who didn't read the "change needle after every record" instruction)

regards

Rob

I'd be most grateful for a picture of the horn to arm adaptor for a Victor
junior - or an address of someone who is reproducing these. My horn just has
the 2 holes. thx)







On 5/7/08, Robert Wright <esroberto at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I think the 1800-1899 is just a category from a drop-down menu though,
> Bruce.  Is there a chance this was a lark made by a furniture maker who
> had
> some decals produced for a phonograph venture that never went anywhere?
> Does it look to be made around the time of all Victor's injunctions and
> lawsuits?  Anyone recognize that tonearm/reproducer from another machine?
> Glenn, does anything look familiar about the decal, does it have anything
> in
> common graphically with anything you've seen that came from Majestic?
>
> curious,
> r.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Glenn Longwell" <majesticrecord at snet.net>
> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 7:17 PM
> Subject: [Phono-L] Operaphone phonograph
>
>
> > Hi - check out the following item # on epay,  130220569698.
> >
> > Is this the same company that produced the vertical cut, then universal
> > cut records from 1915-1921?  My research into them has been minimal so
> far
> > and there is indication that they were to produce phonographs as well as
> > records but I haven't seen anything from the company that would indicate
> > that they actually did make the phonographs (I've noticed incorporation
> > papers were very broad based and would say many things the company had
> no
> > immediate plans for).  It's possible this is another company that took
> > their name in the 20s after their demise.  My guess is this is from the
> > 20s and beyond the time Operaphone (the record manufacturer) was in
> > existence.
> >
> > Not that I'll be shelling out $4000 for it...
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Glenn
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