In a message dated 1/13/10 10:37:31 A.M. Mountain Standard Time, back...@ya hoo.com writes:
Having not seen any pictures of an authentic version, I too, was still thinking that parts of this machine were not original. Did anyone notice the faint outline of a chin rest on the left rear of the violin top? I would think that the violin was a replacement with someone removing the chin rest. Dennis Dennis, Look on page 144 of "A World of Antique Phonographs" by Fabrizio and Paul. There you will find an "authentic" model of the Palmodian. There are differences noted--but this, too, has no chin rest. It's easy to remove the chin rest but I'm not sure why this would make the violin a replacement for the "real" violin. Art Heller _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
