You got it! It's happened to most of my cars.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron L'Herault" <[email protected]> To: "'Antique Phonograph List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 9:45 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] What do you think of this restoration? > An example of shipwright's disease is when a fellow needs to replace the > gaskets in his reproducer. While he is at it, he replaces the diaphragm, > and shines up the reproducer body. Then, to make it all look good, he > shines the tone arm body but then the horn looks a little shabby so it > gets > repainted. This just points up the fact that the felt on the turntable > has > faded so it gets replaced. But having done that one notices how dull the > finish of the case is so everything is take out/off so the wood can be > refinished....etc. But all he intended to do was replace the sound box > gaskets. > > Ron L > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On > Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 5:17 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] What do you think of this restoration? > > > In a message dated 4/20/2006 2:16:04 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Did not remember reading that. Of course there are degrees of "good > condition" too. And then there is shipwright's disease. It strikes a > lot of antique car enthusiasts. > > Ron L > > > That must affect dental workers also! Never heard of it. But I'm sure I > know what you're talking about. I flunked shipwright's disease in > medical > school! l:) > ---Art > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ > > Support Phono-L > http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ > > Support Phono-L > http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank
