I have that same machine in oak. I don't have my catalog handy, but I think it's an Elite, the fourth one down from the Invincible(the highest). My fittings are nickel plated. I can't tell by yours if the hardware is nickel or gold. Sonora Bombe style machines are scarce in Oak. There is a picture of one on the cover of Discovering Antique Phonographs by Tim Fabrizio and George Paul. Harvey Kravitz
On Wednesday, March 19, 2014 4:16 PM, Richard <richard_ru...@hotmail.com> wrote: Can anyone tell me which model of Sonora phonograph this is? It looks to be one of their higher-end bombe machines, but I've always had trouble identifying particular Sonora models. If it is a higher-end machine, should I be surprised that it doesn't have a wooden tone arm? (Do those wooden tone arms really sound better, for that matter?) And am I the only one who's never seen a Sonora in oak before? It seems to me every one I've ever seen has been mahogany. Thoughts?Oh, and if anyone has one of these and would like to share photos of it, I'd appreciate it; I'm especially curious about what it's supposed to look like with the doors open. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: mystery sonora.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 31338 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/attachments/20140319/b6195a43/attachment.jpg> _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
