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Old 16th Jan 2012, 11:42 am   #10
Audio1950
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Default Re: HMV Gramophone, fake?

They have been around since the eighties, at least. The wood used probably is old, having come from another piece of furniture.
Although there are still many of these dreadful things being sold as genuine antiques, there are signs that as people have now got wise, it is no longer profitable to make them. The soundboxes and motors are now being sold on the open market, again as genuine HMV models, but they are poorly made, and bear no resemblance to anything that HMV ever made. Or maybe the supply of portable gramophones to rob the parts from has started to dry up?

Barry
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