1903 PATHE LE COQ MODEL 1-- REVERSIBLE BOX--DUAL CYLINDER PHONOGRAPH/GRAMOPHONE For Sale

AFTER CHRISTMAS SALE......THIS IS THE FINAL PRICE REDUCTION FOR THE LAST 4 DAYS OF THE sale....$1250.00 CANADIAN DOLLARS +SHIPPING....FIRM....IF NOT SOLD I WILL NOT BE RELISTING THIS MACHINE.NOTE: SHIPPING CALCULATOR IS WRONG , DO NOT PAY UNTIL I SEND YOU AN INVOICE WITH THE CORRECT SHIPPING COST TO YOUR LOCATION. IN SOME CASES IT COULD BE LESS AND IN SOME CASES IT COULD BE MORE....??
1903 PATHE LE COQ MODEL 1 DUAL CYLINDER PHONOGRAPH,MADE IN FRANCE. PLAYS BOTH STANDARD AND SALON CYLINDERS WITH THE SLIP ON MANDREL. REVERSIBLE CASE SO YOU TAKE THE HORN OFF AND THE LID TURNS OVER AND STORES THE MACHINE INSIDE THE BOX. IT HAS THE FOLD OUT VERITE ATTACHMENT ON THE FRONT OF THE MACHINE THAT CHANGED IT FROM A FLOATING REPRODUCER MACHINE TO A FLOATING HORN MACHINE. PATHE DID THIS FROM THE MODEL 1 ON. BEFORE THE MODEL 1 THERE WAS AN AFTER MARKET ATTACHMENT THAT YOU COULD BUY TO ACTUALLY CONVERT THE MACHINE YOURSELF. AS WELL GERARD MAIL ORDER HOUSE ALSO CONVERTED THEM BEFORE SELLING MACHINES FOR PATHE. PATHE BELIEVED THAT THIS WOULD INCREASE THE VOLUME OF THE CYLINDER BEING PLAYED AND IT MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR THE MACHINE TO PLAY DIFFERENT SIZE CYLINDERS . I BELIEVE IT MAKES A MORE UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL LOOKING MACHINE. RARE IN THIS CONDITION,THEY USUALLY ARE FULL OF WOODWORM HOLES. NOT THIS ONE,IT\'S CLEAN AND A REAL BEAUTY.IT WAS TOLD TO ME THAT IT WAS FAMILY OWNED AND STORED AWAY FOR MANY YEARS. PROBABLY WHY THE CONDITION IS SO FANTASTIC. IT WAS STORED IN THE CORRECT ENVIRONMENT .
NOTE: BUT REMEMBER TO NEVER CARRY AN OLD PHONOGRAPH BY THE HANDLE BECAUSE IT CAN COME UNHOOKED AND DROP OFF AND SMASH. THE MACHINE PLAYS LOUD AND CLEAR WITH A NICE QUIET RUNNING MOTOR. NOT MUCH MORE I CAN SAY,YOU CAN SEE HOW BEAUTIFUL THE MACHINE AND BOX ARE. CLEANED UP WITH ORIGINAL FINISH. I DON\'T BELIEVE IN STRIPPING OFF THE FINISH THAT HAS BEEN ON THE WOOD FOR 113 YEARS AND MAKING IT NEW,IT\'S JUST WRONG. IT HAS SOME FLAKING OF THE FINISH BUT IT IS NOT THAT BAD,IT\'S 113 YEARS OLD AND I FEEL THAT GIVES IT CHARACTER AND IS PART OF ITS BEAUTY . THE HORN AND REPRODUCER ARE REPRO\'S BUT EXCELLENT ALUMINUM COPIES. UNFORTUNATELY ABOUT 9 OUT OF 10 OF THESE ARE MISSING THESE 2 PARTS. EVERYTHING ELSE IS ORIGINAL FROM 1903. EVEN THE KEY AND HORN SUPPORT ROD ARE THE ORIGINALS. THEY ARE USUALLY MISSING TO. KEY IS CORRODED. YOU CAN CLEAN IT OR NOT.
THE PICTURES ARE HI DEF SO ZOOM IN AND EXAMINE IT UP CLOSE.SORRY BECAUSE OF DISHONEST PEOPLE IN THE PAST I HAVE TO LIMIT SHIPPING TO CANADA AND THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES ONLY.
THANK YOU AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK.I ALWAYS OFFER AFTER PURCHASE HELP WITH SETTING UP AND OPERATING MACHINE IF YOU NEED IT.I WILL ANSWER QUESTIONS AND TELL HOW TO PLAY AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.THESE MACHINES CAN BE TOUCHY AT TIMES,TEMP. AND HUMIDITY CAN BOTHER THEM.BECAUSE OF AGE IT HAS TO BE SOLD AS IS