nooshinjohn
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An estate sale in the shadows of the Hollywood sign this weekend featured an exceptionally rare example of The Fisher President MkVII. The pictures of the unit revealed it to be remarkably clean and 100% complete.
I arrived to the sale shortly after noon, and found a beautifully preserved cabinet with barely a flaw anywhere, it’s bifold doors closed. Showing an accumulation of too much Pledge wax and dust from several years sitting untouched, it was still a thing of beauty.
Then I opened up the heavy bi-fold doors, expecting to find treasures within, but instead found a reasonable representation of Capone’s safe... The cabinet had been gutted just an hour or so before I got there. The speaker grills cut to pull the drivers, electronics ripped from their bays and drawers, with the old wires hanging from their holes.
Before I walked out in disgust, I asked to speak with the guy running the sale and informed him what he allowed to occur. For a lousy 300 bucks, he allowed an irreplaceable console, of which very few were ever made, to be destroyed. The owner of the piece, cared for with obvious passion by the deceased, had been violated in horrific fashion, and he allowed it. The family trusted his company to respectfully sell this item, and instead let it be destroyed where it sat, not to mention shorting the family by not pricing it accordingly.
I felt like I witnessed a crime having been committed.
Tommorow afternoon, the remains of The Fisher President MkVII will be delivered to my home, inside is what remains of its ELAC turntable, a few broken wires and nothing else. My intent is to hopefully find the pieces needed to bring her back to life(I know... good luck on that), but likely will restore the finish on the cabinet and turn it into a record storage case.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, and leads on finding the correct components are welcomed.
I arrived to the sale shortly after noon, and found a beautifully preserved cabinet with barely a flaw anywhere, it’s bifold doors closed. Showing an accumulation of too much Pledge wax and dust from several years sitting untouched, it was still a thing of beauty.
Then I opened up the heavy bi-fold doors, expecting to find treasures within, but instead found a reasonable representation of Capone’s safe... The cabinet had been gutted just an hour or so before I got there. The speaker grills cut to pull the drivers, electronics ripped from their bays and drawers, with the old wires hanging from their holes.
Before I walked out in disgust, I asked to speak with the guy running the sale and informed him what he allowed to occur. For a lousy 300 bucks, he allowed an irreplaceable console, of which very few were ever made, to be destroyed. The owner of the piece, cared for with obvious passion by the deceased, had been violated in horrific fashion, and he allowed it. The family trusted his company to respectfully sell this item, and instead let it be destroyed where it sat, not to mention shorting the family by not pricing it accordingly.
I felt like I witnessed a crime having been committed.
Tommorow afternoon, the remains of The Fisher President MkVII will be delivered to my home, inside is what remains of its ELAC turntable, a few broken wires and nothing else. My intent is to hopefully find the pieces needed to bring her back to life(I know... good luck on that), but likely will restore the finish on the cabinet and turn it into a record storage case.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, and leads on finding the correct components are welcomed.
