Yes indeed, a scandalous "hack Job", and if you call him on it, the seller will
probably swear up and down that he's ignorant as to what an original Opera
should look like, and really knows nothing about these machines.
- Original Message -
From: "Jack Whelan"
To: "Phono-L"
Sent: Su
In a message dated 9/19/2010 5:42:41 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
bruce78...@comcast.net writes:
. The biggest change I can think of is the renaming of the machine to
Concert.
The very first Operas used some parts from the Amberola One.
Allen
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He can't as ignorant as he appears, if he knows the term "spear tip".
Jim
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There are so many glaring errors that indicate this poor Edison Opera is not
legit including the SpearTip horn, elbow, poor quality paint job, poor quality
stripping, stain and attempt at refinishing and description errors. I wouldn't
want to own a machine that had been hacked by whoever did t
The really strange thing here is that the seller says that he has owned the
machine for many years, and concerning the horn he merely states,
" the horn is a spear tip in excellant condition", as if he thought this was
some sort of option for the Opera !! Makes one wonder how someone can own a
I noted with a chuckle that the seller states the "triple spring motor" is
strong. Should anyone tell him the Opera was only a 2 spring machine?
IMHO - As for the Opera being a low number, it really doesn't matter with
the later Edison machines. They had few variations and a decent survival
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