Sounds like you made the right decision to abandon this one.
Andy
On Dec 31, 2009, at 3:39 AM, ger wrote:
The machine is gone. If a table model is 70 lbs, the London must
have weighed well over a 100 lbs. I could not even lift one side. It
was way too heavy for me to realistically deal with...I'm glad I
went back though and checked it out. It was a good adventure. As far
as the table models...if they're 70 lbs, they're too much for me as
well. My limit...is 20 lbs...just about what the records weigh. ;)
The cabinet was black. No shine. It had spots of white mildew on the
inside wood. Nothing we ever got (back in the 1950-60's) looked as
bad as this. Those old machines had that nice old wood antiques
smell...still do as a matter of fact...and with a little lemon oil
shine up nicely. This was beyond lemon oil. I think even my Pop, the
inveterate collector would have passed on it. He would have needed
help moving it too.
There was a small brass knob just sitting there...don't know where
it came from; loose screws floating around; the horn looked kinda
green and bent; the front grill had the 4 side pieces stuffed into
the cabinet with none of the frilly middle stuff. The closer I
looked, the worse IT looked.
I know you guys like to preserve these things, and I agree with that
wish. The weight, in my opinion, is what really made it unrealistic
to even contemplate. It was a big white elephant.
I'm happy to have the records though. I've seen thick DD records in
the past, always with the edges all messed up. These have pretty
sharp edges; only one had some small bubbling.
And some day I'll get to hear them.
Happy New Year to everyone. Stay healthy and safe. :)
Ger
----- Original Message -----
From: DanKj
To: Antique Phonograph List
Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] The last word on Diamond Discs...I think
Too bad you didn't get some pics of it - I wanted to see what made
it seem
such a mess. The solder is supposed to be there, as Ron L'H said,
and if
there was anything running into the horn it was just a volume
control, which
I remove anyway because it muffles the sound. The straps behind
the slots
sound correct, too. Except for the missing grill, how bad is the
cabinet?
You might be disappointed to learn that the few Edison table
models are
less common than floor models and they're HEAVY, awkward things.
My Chalet
weighs about 70 pounds, and my B-80 nearly as much.
----- Original Message -----
From: "ger" <ge...@comcast.net>
The poor London model of Edison's Diamond Disc machine looks like
it had
been tortured. The vertical section was there afterall, but a
cable, wood
block and some other things (part going into the horn) were missing.
Someone had SOLDERED the horn on th....
Needless to say, the machine still sits with the seller...who is
now a bit
wiser, since I shared the photo and what I knew with her. She
seemed not
at all disappointed and actually fascinated to learn something
about the
poor mess.
As for its WEIGHT. I've got an "AH-HAH!" I took the flashlight and
checked
out the left side where the 24 slots for records was. I could see
that 2,
that's TWO, thick metal weights were in place behind the slots.
They went
across the back, one high, one low. \
I will, however, now keep an eye out for an Edison (table model)
which
could play my records
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