I am proud to announce that coming soon will be a new website :
"NOT Howard Hope, Gramophones and Phonographs "
on which EVERY gramophone and Phonograph advertised by Mr Hope or any other dealer and for sale at auction will be critically analized by a group of knowedgeable collectors who will be pointing out ALL of the Faults. remember the "Talkophone" Howard said was:
"Completely Genuine "
Machines such as these : "Zono Base" - But where's the horn Howard ?
It's on this "Original German Austerity Machine" which when he bought it from Dickins Auctioneers East Claydon had a ridged plywood horn - and an original record Cabinet !
Another Classic "Bertie Bassett" (ie : Alllsorts) from HH !
Also : How Howard Buys on the Internet - using Stooges Barry and Peter - two very Camp Men ! - is this how he bought the Algraphone for £150 from Ebay - now advertised on his site for rather more ?
adn how Mike Child, Bankrupt Agro - Chemical salesman, Fraudulent Crapophone maker/Salesman and attempted Blackmailer buys on EBay - as he puts it :
"I buy cheap Crap and then spend ages patching it up "
Watch this space as Howard Says (when he's not at his Brighton Club)Also : Where to buy 78's in the UK (and where not - Portobello and Spitalfields to name but two ! )