Genola childs parts machine-tin cabinet, turntable, & motor. The green tin cabiinet has neat graphics on both sides and a Genola "Made in USA" label on the front. $55 plus shipping
11" paper Nippers - I have three extra. Two are original (with minor typical repairs) and one has been repainted. $250ea for originals and $150 for the repainted one plus shipping. I also have several machines for sale: Edison B Gem with black M/G horn, $750. Zonophone Home with lots of repro parts, $950. Vic 1 with repro horn & elbow, $900. If you see something interesting, please contact me off list. I am happy to send photos and deliver things to Union. Thanks & Happy Collecting, Jerry Blais ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com From [email protected] Fri Feb 16 07:42:04 2007 From: [email protected] (Andrew Baron) Date: Fri Feb 16 07:42:34 2007 Subject: [Phono-L] Shipping Herzog & NCR P.S. In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Fabulous, detailed description. Thank you. Andy Baron On Feb 15, 2007, at 5:37 PM, Rich wrote: > To pack an Edison spring drive phono you have to remove the > mechanism from the case and pack them > separately. Now to pack the mechanism you should do at least the > following: Bread tie the governor > weights on both sides. Wrap a piece of closed cell polyethylene > foam around the governor and tie > down. Find a box that the motor will fit into and the bedplate > will set on top of. Trim height so spring > barrel is almost on bottom. Place piece of fibre carpet pad in > bottom to set spring on. Buy a can of > urethane foam. Sprinkle inside of box with a light mist of tap > water. Fill box about 1/3 full of foam, > maybe a little less. Let it set for about 15 min. drape 2 layers > of plastic wrap over foam in box and > lapped over all sides. Set works into foam box. let cure for at > least 24 hours at room temperature. > After cure make sure that reproducer is NOt in carriage. Wrap > around box in both directions with > shrink wrap, this will hold it all together. Make a box or collar > to fit over and cover topworks. Shrink > wrap top down. If you think that the packing might rub on the > finish and mark it then use sandwich > wrap to protect (buy at SAMs). You now have a nice rectangular > block that will go into the larger box. > Use corner cardboards to suspend the works box inside the outer > box. These are the "W" shaped > pieces of cardboard. The case is straightforward. put sandwich > wrap paper between the lid and base. > Wrap with shrink wrap and pack in a big box. you can use peanuts > if you compress them tightly. > Secure these packages initially with the standard sticky tape. > Then go over all of the sticky tape with > water activated fiberglass reinforced heavy paper tape. This will > pass the 6 foot drop test. I pack them > like this and then registered mail them. They show up without a > scratch. there is about $10 to $12 > dollars of packing materials in this. Every town in the country > has a box company either in town or > the next town. This is where you get the corner supports and > boxes. The corner supports go on all > sides in the corners, that is twelve to the box and that suspends > the mech inside the outer box. make > sure that the corner supports still have some spring in them to > absorb shocks. > > This takes longer to tell than to do. > > > > On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:55:50 -0600, Robert Wright wrote: > >> Then the one pervading rule is: if it's gonna get shipped, it's >> gonna get >> damaged. > >> I guess I'll continue to consider myself very lucky that I only >> have two >> negative experiences out of ... let's see... going on about 17 >> years of >> mail-order and shipping things in general now. And it only >> happened 2 years >> ago, spawning my policy of instructing the seller on packing. It >> was one of >> my Dual 1019 turntables, and luck was against it. The seller >> didn't know to >> remove the 7 pound platter, which you MUST do with the pressboad/ >> plywood >> plinth turntables before shipping, in addition to tightening the >> transport >> screws that bind the baseplate to the plinth. Well, the transport >> screw >> washers broke free of the plinth and demolished it. I didn't need >> the >> plinth, it wasn't a 'nice' one to begin with and I had the one I >> wanted to >> use already, but there were metal parts bent up inside that made the >> automatic changer useless and the speed/pitch control useless. And >> "FRAGILE" was nowhere on the package. > >> The other negative experience was the 20" Pathe I've mentioned. > >> Rich, you said, "I have seen the mechanism of Edison homes blasted >> through >> the side of an inner cardboard box and dents on the inside of the >> outer box, >> and it was very well packed." If that's the case, then what else >> could've >> been done? > >> I still think Rich had the best idea for super-rare and super- >> valuable -- >> get it in writing that they'll ship it Registered Mail FIRST, and >> then raise >> holy hell with a lawyer in tow if anything bad happens. > > >> Best, >> Robert > > > > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Andrew Baron" <[email protected]> >> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 5:02 PM >> Subject: [Phono-L] Shipping Herzog & NCR P.S. > > >>> Hello all ~ >>> >>> It occurred to me that it's probably relevant to mention that >>> NONE of the >>> items I mentioned in my last posting about shipping damage were >>> procured >>> from eBay sellers or any other on-line auctions. I say this to >>> separate >>> the shipping issue from the eBay issues that get discussed here >>> from time >>> to time. >>> >>> The Herzog cabinet was purchased from an established and reputable >>> dealer, the lamp was a family heirloom being shipped to me from >>> a close >>> family member in a distant state and the antique cash register >>> was from >>> an antique store in Florida that I have done repairs and trades >>> with >>> since I was a young teen. >>> >>> Andy Baron >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Phono-L mailing list >>> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >>> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
