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Cameraphone With Tortoise Shell Horn for sale
$300
Complete, all-original working Cameraphone with the unusual tortoise shell colored horn.
These cute little machines store all the parts inside, and fold up like a camera.
I've always found these machines difficult to adjust but fascinating. I've removed and oiled the motor, and adjusted the governor for speed. The two control screws in the front can be a bit confusing; for your information, the one on the upper left rotates to operate the brake, and the one under the crank has a sort of minimal adjustment for the speed. The speed on these almost has to be pre-set -- if you want to know why send me an email and I will try to provide the gory technical details.
You can hear this Cameraphone playing part of a ten inch record on the mp3; as usual, there's a bit of flutter evident, and obviously it was impossible to fit a large, powerful mainspring into a tiny case.
These novelties aren't the optimal device for playing 78rpm records, they're better suited to sit on a shelf for display, ogling and occasional demonstration. But then you weren't going to play your valuable 78rpm records on this anyhow, were you???
Lynn Bilton
Box 435
Randolph,OH 44265
330 325-7866
Contact/We buy, sell, and repair antique phonographs and music boxes.
Pick-up and delivery possible in many parts of the midwest,south, and northeast.
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