Dear All, First of all I want to clarify to everyone that the question was about the value of my William and Mary and what to do with Kids named William and Mary. I happen to have five of mine own and have never had this problem. As Ben Franklin once said fish and family smell after 3 days. I really did enjoy all the answers and have to admit your suggestions were calm compared to the way I felt. Bottom line it is the parents that should take responsibility. In this case the children were a reflection of the parents and all they could muster was a very weak thanks for dinner we have to go now. But that is a story for a different day.
I certainly will trace down the best replacement from the leads that have been given me. Thanks for all the help. David -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of john robles Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 10:07 PM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] William and Mary This post seems to have touched a nerve!! Re the cloth, the only one or two I have seen with original cloth have had a very light silky material. Not that horrid red brocades or gold lame you find being replaced on these phonos in later decades. I saw one machine that actually had a thick tapestry mounted behind the grille. The sound volume increased about 60% when I removed it! John Robert Wright <[email protected]> wrote: 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" To: "Antique Phonograph List" 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/ _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list [email protected] Phono-L Archive http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/
