Hi John,I can understand your concern as both a collector and occasional seller. I feel as collectors it is our "unofficial duty" to preserve these machines as best we can. Unfortunately we end up with machines all over the house and periodically need to lighten the load. If you really just want to get rid of it, the best thing to do is educate the buyer and hope all goes well. As a side note, I think the internal horn machines are every bit as loud, if not louder, then the externals. She probably just prefers the look of the external horn. Good luck!
Nick --- On Thu, 2/7/13, john robles <[email protected]> wrote: From: john robles <[email protected]> Subject: [Phono-L] Crisis of victrola conscience To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, February 7, 2013, 9:33 AM 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
