Well, more like a Frankenphono which she would then try to e-bay for big bucks.
Ronald L'Herault Lab Supervisor, Biomaterials Division B.U. School of Dental Medicine 801 Albany Street S203 Roxbury, MA 02119 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John9ten Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 11:01 AM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Crisis of victrola conscience Yeah. She lives fairly close, apparently. She seems to know what a bracket and elbow are, which makes me wonder if she's gonna turn it into a crapophone to resell. John Sent from my iPhone On Feb 7, 2013, at 7:19 AM, "Ron L'Herault" <[email protected]> wrote: > A tough call. Once you sell something it is no longer up to you what > happens to it. Maybe you should arrange for her to see/hear it if you are > close enough and try to determine if she hopes to modify the machine > or if she just doesn't understand what you said. > > Ronald L'Herault > > Lab Supervisor, Biomaterials Division > B.U. School of Dental Medicine > 801 Albany Street S203 > Roxbury, MA 02119 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of john robles > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 9:33 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Phono-L] Crisis of victrola conscience > > Hello all > I have a mahogany Victrola VI for sale on Craigslist. A woman has been > making serious inquiries on it. Her first question: Does it have a > bracket and horn? I said no and I explained that Victrolas have the > horns on the inside behind the doors. She writes back and says "A > bracket, elbow and horn would amplify the sound. Where are you > located?". I said that adding those items to this machine would make > it a fake, something it was never meant to be. My dilemma? I want to > sell the machine, and I have had very little response. She's the first > serious one. But I am concerned that if I sell to her she will mangle > it. After almost > 100 years of life, I don't want to be the one that sells it to Dr > Frankenstein. > Or am I just being too sentimental? I've sold lots of phonos in my > time, and I don't know what happened to them after I sold them. I'd > like to hear your opinions! > John Robles > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
