Excuse me, but my Cheney console sounds QUITE nice, and the cabinet is much more attractive than the typical boxy Pathe (I'm speaking of the American Pathe models) Eric Stott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Fraser" <pjfraser at alamedanet.net> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 12:21 AM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Another new member (Why Majestic?) > gaaaaahhhhhhh! > > to look at, to laugh at, but surely not to listen to! > > proof: > http://www.nipperhead.com/old/graphics/ephemera/cheney/cheney06.jpg > > "The universal delight which the Cheney brings to users..." erm, no. > > may i suggest, for more fulfilling vertical pleasure... > > perhaps, nay, probably: Pathe! > > On Jan 11, 2008, at 6:25 PM, estott wrote: > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Wright" <esroberto at hotmail.com >> > >> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org> >> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 7:59 PM >> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Another new member (Why Majestic?) >> >> >>> I had a beautiful 1919 Sonora upright (not the elaborate one with the >>> wooden tonearm or anything, but a really nice one nonetheless, in >>> amazing original condition), but it couldn't make the trip from TX to >>> Nashville with me in '99, so a friend has it on display in their living >>> room. I wish I had it now because I've since found an original >>> sapphire ball stylus, and now I have no swivel-soundbox phonograph to >>> use it with. And I've amassed a substantial collection of vertical >>> records to play in the last 8 years! >>> >> >> Sir, may I suggest that what you need is a CHENEY. >> >> Eric Stott >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > >
