There were quite a few Credenza knock offs after 1926. The manufacturers must have felt that the public was not sophisticated enough to realize that the styling of the cabinet was not the reason the Credenza sounded so good.
Of course these manufacturers could not utilize any of the patented features of the Orthophonic, which is why this particular machine has such a kludgy looking horn. The various knock offs that I have seen all have large horns that generally take up as much room as the real Credenza horn, but they are not exponential. On Apr 18, 2008, at 10:00 AM, Ron L wrote: > I can see the horn well enough to determine that it is two large > flat boards > making a truncated V shape. The tone arm looks "Orthophonic". I > wonder > what the reproducer looks like. Tom Rhodes has Adverts for > aftermarket > machines that look like this. > > Ron L > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected] > ] On > Behalf Of Bob > Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 12:52 PM > To: Antique Phonograph List > Subject: [Phono-L] Credenza Knock off? > > Check ebay item # 120249190282. At first glance this looks very > similar to > > a Credenza. Unfortunately you can't see the horn very well. Anyone > ever see > > one of these in the flesh or have any information about it? > RMV > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
