I went to a antique shop at the weekend and saw this small gramophone.I have never see so little phono before so I bought it.But I don

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I have an empty Columbia upright that needs new everything-you inspire me to have at it!


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I own a extra motor for Columbia like yours,but it is not running and needs to be rebuilt.Maybe you want it for your Grafonola ?

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Sig.., Thanks to the good offices of a fellow collector here's what your Grafonola originally looked like: http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r126/steamerpunk/0203f20columbia20phonogss4.jpg http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r126/steamerpunk/z2937columadti4.jpg This what I love about this hobby! A ...

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The joke was about that I was thinking to go to the junk shop with this grafonola.But I have worked hard to find a parts for it so it will be in my hands many years more. I suspected you wrote your earlier comment "tongue in cheek." Obviously, you've put a lot of work into this machine, a...

Sig..., What's the joke? Were you taking us on a sleigh ride? :? Or do you mean you Graf? I'm a bit confused by you last post. I have to agree with Sent..., just because a machine isn't perfect that's no reason to toss it. It is a document of an imperfect past. As I said someone made a serious effo...

Well,this was just a joke . . I found this one at junk sale 1998.Then it was with broken tonearm,the crank was lost and the motor was gone.Just the case.Took me many years to find all parts it needed to be running again but finally I found the motor in early 2005 and now is it running

Ok,thanks for your help.So if this is just some homemade I just see one way for it,to the junk sale.I thought this was a orginal item.

Ok,thanks.I took a photo at the bottom of this phonograph.Maybe have this cutting been well done but I do not see any clue about that this one have been taller

Yes,I have seen many of these but this one looks smaller than my one and not engraved on the side

I've also heard that some models were designed specifically for use as "counter demonstrators" for playing records in the stores. Hopefully, some of our Columbia experts will chime in. Joe..., That's a very interesting theory. That base just simply looks to small and simple for such an or...

Sig..., That looks like a cut down upright, but if so it was done a long time ago. I don't know enough about Columbias to know for sure. It is similar to a Graf 200 but a bit plainer in the cornerpost carvings. Joe, I bet you're right. Apparently there was a lot of that; cutting down of uprights fo...

I own maybe two.Shall I look what is on them ?