Barn Find ... Lansing Iconic?

[Akardec]

My Godmother is remodeling the home of the late Meredith Wilson's (writer/composer of The Music Man). I salvaged this Lansing from the wreckage.



There is a part of me, the part that loves vintage gear and old cars, that wants to keep it. But I'd want a pair and then the cost of another and space becomes an issue. Does anyone have any input as to what it's worth or the best place to sell (besides ebay or Audiogon).

The outside is a bit rough with paint and plaster drippings and damaged corners and edges. The inside is pristine and suggests a clean up might be more effective than I thought. I have not tried to play it. I can be contacted privately at [email protected]

[Valentin]

nice find

[audiomagnate]

They still have barns in LA?

[hjames]

What a great find!
Kudos on your cleanup job - looks like a lot of fun!

[Steve Schell]

I have been through this several times. It is great fun to find such a piece of history, clean it up and realize what a find it is... that it survived the molestations of the uninformed mostly intact and remains one of the few survivors of its era. Iconics must have been plentiful in L.A at one time, yet they are ultra-rare now, in any form. Bubble-butt Kardashians are a dime a dozen, but here is a true celebrity!

[farleybob]

Is that like a bubble-back 375?

[Akardec]

Uhhh ... I think I worked in a recording studio that used to be a chicken coop one time.

Actually, the really scary thing is that there may have been an entire vintage recording studio at the site where I got this speaker ... unfortunately all that was left was this one speaker, sitting in the middle of an empty room. It never left the job site because it was so big.

[audiomagnate]

It's still a great score. Have you fired it up yet?

[1audiohack]

No a 375 is something of value.

[JeffW]

No a 375 is something of value.

Here's a post on the Altec board where a 801B with dented 'phragm went for $2850, so it's got a little value.

http://www.hostboard.com/forums/f700...2-lansing.html

[tom1356]

Here's a post on the Altec board where a 801B with dented 'phragm went for $2850, so it's got a little value.

http://www.hostboard.com/forums/f700...2-lansing.html

2009 when things were very different.

[farleybob]

Just ... Wow.

[audiomagnate]

So it's covered in chicken s***? This might be the ultimate barn find. Doesn't it need a power supply for the field coils to work?

[Akardec]

It's got drips and drabs of paint and plaster on it ... thankfully, no chicken poop!

There are screw holes for the electro magnet but they look like they were filled, I don't know if it's a transitional model or if it was modded to permanent magnet by Mr. Wilson. I'm not familiar enough with the components or the evolution of the model.

[farleybob]

No, it's covered in chicken patina. Does look like the field coil supply is missing though.