Why not make a mold of the good pull and cast it in resin? I have seen this done for many rare items and you can't tell the difference.
> From: maxbu...@wowway.com > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:38:30 -0500 > Subject: [Phono-L] Seven now known > > I'm sure we all have that kind of thing or two taking up room. Things that > look very cool, usually electromagnetic (for me) and are extremely well > made, but I don't have a clue as to what it is or does. Scarce and rare but > probably worthless. Still, it seems to creep in. After seeing a few episodes > of Hoarders it makes me wonder why. :-) uh oh.... > There was a C-1 that emerged at the Stanton auction which Chuck confirmed > that as far as he knows, it is number seven. Serial number to come. My case > is perfect with the exception of the left pull. Both right and left are > carved from a solid block of walnut and there is a chunk missing. I need a > master carver and so far have not even come close to the skill set I need. A > chainsaw carver won't do. Worse yet, the pulls are glued onto the door > panels instead of being screwed on from the back. If anybody knows of a > skilled carver I'd be grateful for the information. > All of the early electronic machines, to me, are fabulous. It's where the > electron and fine woodworking met. There is nothing like rows of large > glowing balloon tubes putting forth the sound of a well recorded DD or a > similar Victor machine (9-16) and an Orthophonic record. It's the stepping > off point from the acoustic period with similarly amazing technology. For > years people asked me why I wanted all of that old junk. HA! I think every > person on this group knows the answer to that. The days of finding still > crated machines may finally be over but hopefully nice examples will still > come out of hiding. There's never too much of a good thing. > Bruce Mercer > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Barry Kasindorf" <ba...@barrykasindorf.com> > To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l@oldcrank.org> > Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2011 8:31 AM > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] 3 Known > > > >I agree. > > But I have a friend who thinks an item is worthless unless he sees it sell > > for a lot on ebay then gets more interested in it, and will only bid on > > something unless it is extremely cheap or he knows there are <10 known. I > > keep arguing with him about this but it doesn't seem to matter. > > I thought Chuck said 2 more turned up recently, making 9, if he was > > already counting those then I guess there are 6. But those last 3 or 4 > > showed up in the last few showed up recently so there is hope. I guess it > > matters if I was going to try and restore a basket case machine. Unless it > > is rare it is not worth the bother. But there are things I have that maybe > > 3 or 4 exist and they are still not worth much or very interesting. > > -Barry > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
