I suppose the crank is to wind up the batteries. I could tell by the turntable and the little black mounting bracket that the motor would turn out to be electric, probably from the '40s or '50s, but was surprised to see the batteries. Obviously from a very cheap portable. This at least keeps it from having to have an AC power cord, which would of course ruin the authenticity of the piece as a whole!
Andy Baron On Nov 16, 2006, at 11:03 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Now I've usually given up commenting on Crapophones and > Frankenphones, but > this one deserves an award for something. > RCA Victor Graphonole dated 1884 with a 45 rpm turntable. But > where did > they get that label?? Did they make it at home?? > Ebay #120054119139 > > ---Art Heller > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ > > Support Phono-L > http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank
