Thanks for your suggestion! Howard expressed to me in the past that he's not interested in supporting the mid-range machines so I try not to bother him anymore. I've reached out to a few other sellers I know in the UK and will probably try the Netherlands and Germany too, just to widen the search.
A good idea though. Sadly a storage record album isn't quite an EMG or HMV Lumiere, haha. Many thanks, Arvin On 8/30/13 9:32 PM, "Vinyl Visions" <vinyl.visi...@live.com> wrote: >Have you tried Howard Hope in the UK? Just Google his name and something >should come up... > >> Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 19:51:53 -0400 >> From: it...@arvincasas.com >> To: phono-l@oldcrank.org >> Subject: [Phono-L] Looking for Cut Cornered Decca Storage Album >> >> Hello Phello Phono Pholk, >> >> I'm on the hunt for a rare Decca 78 storage album that is actually part >>of a >> Decca portable phonograph (perhaps I should say "gramophone" as this is >>a UK >> machine though it was bought in Virginia). >> >> These albums, like those made for the Columbia UK portables, were >>designed >> to store under the upper lids of their gramophones (see the attached >>photo >> of a Columbia Viva-tonal 202). The albums had their spines at the >>"bottom" >> of the book (rather than on the left) and had their top corners cut >>not to >> save on expense - but to allow fingers plenty of access to insert and >>pull >> the albums out from storage. They had a very interesting accordion-like >> design that reduced stress on the sleeves at the spine, allowing you to >>flip >> pages with less chance of snapping your shellac. (Save that for your >> Chiropractor.) >> >> Over the years many were separated from their machines, especially as >>these >> albums continued to find use in the electric age vs the rest of the >>machine.. >> That said, these are rare, so in addition to my investigations >>overseas, I >> thought I'd ask if anyone here might have a suggestion on where to find >>one >> in this country it at all? I suspect record buyers might come upon >>these >> more than machine buyers, but that's just a theory. >> >> If you happen to have one housing a stack of shellac or know someone who >> might have one, kindly drop me a line. >> >> Best to all, >> >> Arvin in MA >> >> >> >> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >> Name: columbia_album_correct.jpg >> Type: image/jpeg >> Size: 68916 bytes >> Desc: not available >> URL: >><http://oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/attachments/20130829/9c71ed5b/atta >>chment.jpg> >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.org > >_______________________________________________ >Phono-L mailing list >http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
