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Bruce From [email protected] Sun Nov 13 00:10:14 2005 From: [email protected] (john robles) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:11:04 2006 Subject: [Phono-L] The Story of 'O' (Model O, that is...) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Hey everyone. A friend just recently asked me about a model O reproducer..I have a horror story I would like to submit for your post-hallowe'en reading. I once bought an Amberola 8 for about $375 that was advertised as being 2/4 minute. I knew it should only be 4 minute, but the reason I bought it was that the reproducer in the carriage was a model O, rather than a Diamond B. I figured I could replace it with a Diamond B and resell the machine, recoup my money, and in that way basically get a free model O reproducer! Well, as it turned out, it WAS a 2/4 Amberola. The gear change stud was not locked in the 4 minute position, and moved in and out, effectively making the machine a 2/4 minute machine. Maybe someone put a Fireside motor in, but the plate said Amberola VIII. All that doesn't matter. What does matter is that I took the Model O, which was a very nice iron/brass or good pot metal one, with me in the car one day, can't remember why, but I was on my way to the eye doctor. I didn't want to leave the O in plain sight, so I put it in the McDonald's bag from my lunch. I went in to the eye doctor, came out about an hour later, started the car, and decided to throw away my lunch trash before I left. Later in the week, I was looking for the O, and remembered I had left it in the car. With horror, I realized it was in my McDonald's bag..that I had thrown in the trash. I ruched back to the eye doctor's office, but this was days after I threw it out. It was gone. I felt like someone punched me in the stomach! Let's hear some more horror stories... John Robles
