THIS ITEM WAS MADE AS A CABINET STYLE PHONOGRAPH TALKING MACHINE OR VICTROLA WHICHEVER YOU CHOOSE TO CALL IT, IT WAS MADE BETWEEN THE YEARS OF 1915-1919, THE CABINET WAS MADE OF WOOD AND VENEER WOOD SO IT DID NOT HAVE THE STURDINESS TO SELL WITH THESE REMARKABLE PARTS BUT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE CABINET CONTACT ME, SINCE THE ORNATE COVER FOR THE SPEAKER AND THE SHELVES HAVE GIVE OUT I DECIDED IT BEST TO LOOK FOR A COLLECTOR THAT NEEDED GOOD STURDY PARTS, THERE IS A THIN LAYER OF RUST VERY FINE AND NOT THICK HERE AND THERE BUT NOT IN THE MOTOR PARTS THEY ARE IN GREAT CONDITION, WHAT RUST IS THERE CAN BE REMOVED WITH A SOFT SPONGE CLEANER I DO NOT THINK IT WILL REQUIRE ANYMORE THAN THAT, BUT I HAVE LEFT IT ALL ORIGINAL AS NOT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE NEARLY CENTURY YEAR OLD STORY IT HOLDS, THERE IS A SERIAL NUMBER BUT I DID NOT HAVE THE PROPER RESOURCES TO LOOK IT UP AND FIND OUT WHAT IT MEANT AT THE TIME OF MANUFACTURE, IN ALL THE TURNTABLE MATERIAL IS IN THE ROUGHEST SHAPE AND SHOULD BE FELT IS NOT MADE TO LAST A HUNDRED YEARS , AS I SAID BEFORE I USED BEESWAX ON THE CABINET AND LIGHT PARTS OIL ON THE VISIBLE MOTOR PARTS BUT HAVE NOT DISASSEMBLED ANYTHING

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