We gladly purchased a genuine Crap-O-Phone from a man who had bought it and found out it was fake. He purchased a nice Victor III from us and asked if I would pay him $40 for his Crap-O-Phone because he never wanted to see it again. I gave him the $40 because it had a Victor III-IV motor and cast iron turntable!
We saw another one that had an Edison TRIUMPH motor (yes really). They added a gear for a spindle. I did not wish to pay his $425.00 price Triumph motor or not. Once, we were offered 300 Crap-O-Phones at $30 each. I didn't even want one, let alone a big pile of Crap (-O-Phones)! :-) We dubbed them Franken-phonos because they were made from dead phonograph parts. One more story: I knew a man who traveled to India now & then to visit his wife's family. He went by a place that makes the C- O- Phones purchased items that they removed from other 'dead' phonographs and couldn't use. His suitcase was weighed down with original Victor back brackets, bullet brakes, concert reproducers, etc, all for next to nothing! Scott & Denise Corbett -----Original Message----- From: phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org] On Behalf Of Dennis Back Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 4:31 PM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: [Phono-L] Have YOU ever purchased a Crap-O-Phone??? Anyone on the list ever knowingly buy a Crap-O-Phone? As in...on purpose? Fess up. :-) Ok. I'll be first. Years ago, I saw an octagonal cased crap-o-phone that I thought was kind of cool looking. Someone from this list or the Phonolist said that they would order a bunch of them and the price was reasonable, as I recall. So I bought one. It had the usual portable motor and turntable, petaled brass horn and the usual cobbled tone arm and reproducer. Not a bad sounding reproducer, either. I still have it and I point out to visitors that these things are still being made, albeit poorly. Anyone else ever buy one and if so, why? Dennis _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
