I love Pathe machines, probably because of their Rube Goldberg type of
mechanics. I would love one of those WWI coin ops with the huge horns and long
necks. The other Pathe, which is neat is the table top model with what looks
like an external horn protruding out of the cabinet... can't think of the name
of the model.
> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:18:54 -0800
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] New phonograph - Pathe cylinder machine
>
> PS Double click on the photos to enlarge them!
>
> --- On Mon, 1/17/11, john robles <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> From: john robles <[email protected]>
> Subject: [Phono-L] New phonograph - Pathe cylinder machine
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Monday, January 17, 2011, 5:17 PM
>
> Hi all
> Here is the newest machine I have acquired, purchased before Christmas. Had
> I known the expenses I would run into with my dog, I might have waited...
> It is a Pathe Coquet, a French machine from about 1905 or so. It is small,
> the size of a Columbia AA, very cute. It is made of walnut, which is a nice
> change from oak. The reproducer had been cobbled together with rubber cement
> instead of proper gaskets, and the sapphire is broken. I have a new sapphire
> and gaskets and diaphragm on order. I had to use GooGone and a dental
> implement to clean the gunk off the reproducer; see the before/after picture.
> Here is a link to the photos.
> http://s197.photobucket.com/albums/aa39/john9ten/Pathe%20Coquet/
> John Robles
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