One thing about the case screams Talented Amature instead of professional workshop- the fact that you've got to leave the whole bottom door open to hear anything out of the horn. I wonder if this might have had an open horn machine in it once, and the owner added the horn and the lid.
Eric Stott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Kj-" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 6:01 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] What is the Strange Victor Upright on Ebay # 6594621420 > There's a very big difference between a 'frankenphone' and a custom made > case; Victor routinely sold mechanisms to furniture makers, and products > such as this one are desirable. Maybe not $1000++ desirable, but a lot > more > interesting than yet another standard Victrola off the assembly line :)
