Wanted: Old Portable Wind-Up Gramophone (any condition)
Hi folks,
Does anyone have an old (working or not) portable wind-up gramophone that is no longer wanted?
Having taken my vintage car to a couple of events now I’m missing having music, and I don’t think fitting a tow bar and towing an organ along is very practical, nor is that constant fiddling with 78s on an original player.
What I intend to do is fit an MP3 playing system inside the case of a small wind-up gramophone. I’ll then simply sit the system on the back seat of the car so I can leave it playing 1920s music all day, which if you take a look and listen to the video I made below featuring the piece “Happy Days and Lonely Nights” recorded in 1928 (same year as the car!) you’ll see really creates the perfect vintage ambience…
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uKt8Ocu7n3I
Anyway, if someone has an old gramophone suitable and cheap, please get in touch. I’d prefer it was a non-working one as don’t want to damage something that’s survived all this time, and it’s a -*test*-('")ament to the builders of these machines that looking on eBay all the machines I’ve seen on offer still work perfectly!
All the best,
Nick
