So the part about Haines is true but the other: " And so the story goes, an Earl from Austria commissioned a local metal artisan in the early 1930’s to create a brass phonograph. Fashioning his design out of brass from a table top model of the period, parts from existing phonographs were used to make it operational.", is obviously a total load of concocted BALONEY !!!
Bruce ----- Original Message ----- From: "john robles" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 4:50:46 AM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Something unusual on eBay??? It's a story all right. The bracket and elbow are obviously Crapophone parts form India. And knowing India's huge brass industry, I'd guess the whole thing was made there. I knew Charlie Haines and went to his shop every week for the two years I lived in Philadelphia. I wonder when he got it. It says he sold it in 1996. I returned to California in 1992 so he must have gotten it after I left. Nice story but not worth $5500. John Robles ________________________________ From: Vinyl Visions <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 8:39 PM Subject: [Phono-L] Something unusual on eBay??? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270936395641&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123#ht_500wt_969 _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
