I finally had a chance to see the Edison Chippendale Diamond Disk on the American Restoration show today. I can't really complain about it. The wood looked awful, and the veneer on top was coming off. They brought in a "wood guy" who replaced the top veneer and refinished the rest. It looked pretty good on the 13-inch TV I was watching it on. It was a little surprising that they gold plated the turntable and reproducer, but it did look nice. And yes, there was a dark or black turntable felt used (although it was missing in one shot where they were showing off the gold plating). They used solvent and a brush to clean the underneath works. Don't know if any spring or reproducer work was done, but chances are it didn't need much work there. So over all, it made the machine look nice. And besides, it's a Chippendale, so not a rare machine.
But Gayle, your message probably contains the only two 4-letter words in the history of this forum! Jim Nichol On Jun 15, 2012, at 11:38 PM, GAYLE VOISINE, BECKY VOISINE wrote: > > In response to a lot of you dought sayers on the restoration of the diamond > disc phono. I think , for one it is beter to restore than to junk! I like > that they replaced the veneer, rather than try to patch the existing ,and > look like Shit , like a lot of restorations look like. I fix and restore a > lot of radios , phonographs and some juke boxes for myself and freinds, and I > don't do shitty work. I won't do anything that I wouldn't want for myself, as > far as finished quality. I get some terrible stuff from supposedly restorers > who are on registered websites > , that I would be ashamed to ask money for.You people need to get a life and > not criticise people who are trying to keep something going on for others to > enjoy instead of destroy , or tear apart and sell in pieces rather than sell > as good working machine. > I realize that there are alot of machines that are good for nothing but parts. > I believe that we should try to keep thees machines going for eterninty, > but they should work and look good not beat up and cobbled up! Stop being > like a bunch of old women at a quilting bee, bitching about old men! Thank > you! Mr. Voisine. > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
