Antique floor cabinet phonograph dating approximately to the 1920s with hand crank spring motor, turntable, tonearm and reproducer. Attractive period wood cabinet with carved details and substantial original character.
Details
- Type: Floor standing cabinet phonograph
- Era: Circa 1920s
- Construction: Wood cabinet with metal phonograph hardware
- Operation: Hand crank spring driven motor
- Turntable: Felt covered platter
- Tonearm: Metal tonearm with round reproducer and needle assembly
- Hardware: United Reproducers marked speed control component
- Cabinet: Paneled doors with carved decorative accents and turned front legs
- Storage: Interior record storage compartments
- Finish: Warm aged wood finish with attractive original patina
- Maker: Cabinet manufacturer currently unidentified
- Measurements: 19.5 Wide x 22" Deep x 29.5" Tall, 23" Wide to end of Crank
Condition
Antique condition with age appropriate finish wear, scratches, marks, oxidation and general patina. Crank winds and turntable rotates. Speed control and other functions have not been fully tested. Tonearm reproducer and needle assembly appears unusually positioned and may be incorrectly assembled, fitted with a replacement component or missing a connecting component. Reproducer does not rotate into another position as currently assembled. Sold as found and may require adjustment, repair and routine mechanical servicing for proper playback.
A substantial early mechanical phonograph with excellent decorative presence and largely complete appearing cabinet and mechanism.
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