That's been my experience, though I've seen tattered red silk on other phonographs and a kind of light burlap, screeny-looking stuff on a Brunkswick Panatrope I used to own.
At first, Andy, I thought you meant ways of getting rid of finger-pokiing toddlers might be a good subject. I could come up with a Letterman-style Top Ten list in my sleep, many of which would involve creative parenting advice through example (why leave out the culprits who don't control their demon spawn?). Probably a bit dark for this group of generally kind-hearted folks, though. Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Baron" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] William and Mary > Seriously, this is a good subject for discussion. Original (or at > least perceived original) Edison grill cloths I've seen range from a > light brown to a medium to light green-brown color. All were natural > "earth tone" colors and all were a very light weight silk, so as to be > acoustically transparent. How does this agree (or disagree) with > others' experience? Anyone have a source for a correct looking > material? > > Andy Baron > > > On Nov 9, 2005, at 5:40 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 > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > David Kirpich > > > > Expack Seafood -National Accounts > > > > Phone: 912-638-2041 > > > > Fax: 912-634-9508 > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > [email protected] > > > > Phono-L Archive > > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ >
