Let me comment here in the grille cloth issue. I'm not familiar with the William and Mary Phonograph (Guillermo y Maria, south of the border). Buit, there is a guiy in Ambler, Pa. who sells grille cloth in dozens of patterns to the radio crowd. His name is John Okolowicz, and his web site is http:// www.grillecloth.com . Maybe he could be a good source for replacements for many kinds of phonographs. He has one pattern that duplicates the Victor Credenza right about dead nuits. He has another that exactly duplicates many of he Victor Electrolas and some RCA sets of the late twenties and early thirties. He's a fine guy, and good to deal with.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Wright" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 8:36 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] William and Mary > 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/ >> > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ >
