I will agree with Harvey. I like 'em original. Many machines are in a state where restoration is the only option. A restored machine that doesn't look restored is art. Mike
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 12:36 PM, harvey kravitz <[email protected]>wrote: > Like others, I prefer an all original machine. I consider myself lucky if I > can > get one at an affordable price. Most of my machines were restored basket > cases. > I restore them as though they aged 100 years or more. I call it forensic > restoration. I don't like a machine that has been over restored. However, I > have > a Victor E and M front mounts that look brand new, that I bought from a > fellow > collector. They just look overall nice. I'm a disabled Vet on a budget, so > I go > after the project machines. I enjoy working on them, and it's good therapy > for > me. > > Harvey Kravitz > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Vinyl Visions <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Fri, November 12, 2010 4:33:43 AM > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Original or restored? > > > I love original, but that being said, I really get a positive vibe from > taking > something that looks ready for the junkyard and "preserving" it for > posterity... > You never want to mess with a machine that appears original, working > properly, > etc. except maybe for some cosmetic issues. > > > Two examples of necessary restoration: I bought an H19 Edison, which I hate > the > style of, just because it was sitting in an antiques shop for $60, with a > grill > broken into pieces like a puzzle and a huge oil stain on the top - but > exceptional wood grain showing below. I spent hours on it and put the grill > back > together by first gluing the pieces to a heavy file folder, then cutting > out the > openings with an exacto and filling in the cracks with bondo. When I was > through, I took it to a collector friend who told me it was the best H19 > grill > he had seen in 40 yrs. The point is, I got something out of fixing it and > then > got rid of it to a new owner who was very happy to have it. It wasn't about > money, because I spent way more time than the machine was worth, but I > learned > some valuable restoration methods. I also replaced a leg on a sad Aberola > 75 > which had fallen off a truck and broke a front leg. Someone had nailed and > Elmer > glued it back together and it looked like s**t. It is > very hard to remove a front leg on an Edison because of the way it was > built > with pegs into the frame. A thin kerfed hand saw did the trick for removing > it > and I made a copy from a leg off a derelict no name phonograph. When done, > you > couldn't tell that it was replaced. Two mediocre machines were restored for > new > owners, but the education was well worth it for me. > > > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 05:04:37 -0600 > > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Original or restored? > > > > I am a great believer in originality. I'd rather wait and find a nicely > > preserved machine than one that has been restored to "brand new". > Granted, > > some machines are basket cases and have to be fully restored, but I've > seen > > too many perfectly decent machines given the twice over too many times. A > > good friend of mine once said that he likes his machines to be in the > > condition that the original owner would have been happy with if it were > ten > > years old. > > > > Best to all > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tom Jordan" <[email protected]> > > To: "'Antique Phonograph List'" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 9:06 PM > > Subject: [Phono-L] Original or restored? > > > > > > >I have always believed in keeping my phonographs in as close to original > > > condition as is possible. Fixing them, but not stripping and restoring > > > them. > > > > > > I'm just curious... Is that the norm with most collectors on this group > > > or > > > do you like to restore them to look like new? > > > Tom > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
