It sems that any of the finer phonograph cabinets were as Andy has described. I'm a radio collector. RCA and Victor and others used oak as a substrate. if you see the oak, it'll be of a lesser grade than for final finish. There'll be worm holes in it and opther imperfections, but you don't see that once the veneer is on it. On Victor, the cabinet corners are solid mahogany or whatever decorative woods were elsewhere on the cabinet. They carved those pieces, so they had to be solids.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Baron" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 11:30 AM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] phonograph cabinets > The wood core on the flat portion of the lid of my Edison A-250 is oak, > odd to note in light of the fact that the factory finish, veneers and > solid pieces are mahogany. > > Andy Baron > > On Mar 11, 2006, at 7:11 PM, tom jordan wrote: > >> Hello all. >> >> >> >> Can anyone tell me what the most widely used base material woods that >> were >> used by Edison and Victor for their cabinets that the veneer was >> applied to? >> >> >> Tom >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ >
