Very well put Peter... I have 3 daughters, 11, 8, and 2 1/2. I also have 3 machines in my living room. A circassian walnut 16, a Victor 6 and a VV-230. They have been there for years (even when the older kids were babies)and the kids know not to touch them. The machines are actually surrounded by some toys and they still have never messed with or hurt the machines.
Vince ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Fraser" <pjfra...@alamedanet.net> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l@oldcrank.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 9:33 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] William and Mary > Sorry to hear that your friends have done such disservice to their > child by not teaching him/her how to behave, and thus have opened him/ > her up to such unfair bashing! > > Don't blame the kid, blame the parents. The parents need to teach, > and if the child is too young, the parents need to supervise and > control.. > > I'm surprised at you gentlemen. Any parents amongst you? > > Not to brag, but neither of my kids (now ages 6 and 10) have ever > broken a record or scratched or crayoned or poked any of my machines, > and we're not nazis about enforcement. Both have had operating > machines (one a vv-x and one an amberola 30) in their rooms since > babyhood. It's just a matter of giving the kids the guidance they > need. It doesn't stop with babyhood, either. > > Now to the matter at hand. The original material was silk, except > for the Edisonics with the perforated wooden panel covered with > embroidery. Just go down to your local sari shop (doesn't every US > town have at least one now?) and get the nicest thinnest silk you can > find, and glue or tack it to the back of your grille. Colors seem to > be either golden, gold- brown or chocolate brown in the originals > i've seen. It's important for the silk to be very thin - hold it up > to the light - to allow the sound to come through properly. > > No burlap! > > On Nov 9, 2005, at 4:40 PM, David Kirpich wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> >> >> I have a William and Mary that is in Excellent. Recently we had a >> friend of >> the family over and their child. Unfortunately the parent had no >> control >> over the child and he proceeded to punch holes in the cloth >> covering the >> speaker which prior to that was in good condition and was the original >> cloth. My question is should I replace it and if so with what type >> of cloth. >> How has it hurt the overall value of the phonograph? I have >> attached a few >> pictures of the player. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> David Kirpich >> >> dk...@msn.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> David Kirpich >> >> Expack Seafood -National Accounts >> >> Phone: 912-638-2041 >> >> Fax: 912-634-9508 >> >> dk...@msn.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> Phono-L@oldcrank.org >> >> Phono-L Archive >> http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ >> > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > Phono-L@oldcrank.org > > Phono-L Archive > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ >
