I have had one of those before, I love them. They were known as the Pathe No. 1, and in England were known as the New Perfecta. Does yours play both sizes of cylinder?
--- On Mon, 1/17/11, Vinyl Visions <[email protected]> wrote: From: Vinyl Visions <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] New phonograph - Pathe cylinder machine To: [email protected] Date: Monday, January 17, 2011, 6:24 PM I love your machine, John. I have one that the works flip over into a chest which then looks like a small jewelry box with a brass handle on top. > Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 18:18:55 -0800 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] New phonograph - Pathe cylinder machine > > It's not bad actually, equal or less than a Q. The box helps a lot. > > --- On Mon, 1/17/11, DanKj <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: DanKj <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] New phonograph - Pathe cylinder machine > To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, January 17, 2011, 6:03 PM > > Very showy, with all that nickel. And the little box is a nice bonus. How > does the motor noise compare with a Q or a Gem ? > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "john robles" <[email protected]> > > 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/ > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
