The "REAL PROBLEM" with this restoration, is not that the machine was saved from being scrapped, but the "ABSURD" cost of the restoration. Sure, they did a good job, but it's a relatively common machine that you could find an excellent original example of for $1,000 or less. Go to any phonograph show with $4,500 in cash and you can come home with something that This is the equivalent of spending $50,000 to restore a car that is ultimately worth $10,000 in restored condition... but maybe sentimental value overrides the decision, if it was passed down in their family.
> To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2012 07:31:59 -0400 > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Phono-L Digest, Vol 9, Issue 147 > > hi all > i think all we are trying to say is AMERICAN RESTORATION is a business and tv > show and they are making lots of money on people who do know know who to turn > to to repair their items > and the cost may not overcome the benefit > its like pawn brokers and their experts > its all entertainment > zono > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: GAYLE VOISINE, BECKY VOISINE <[email protected]> > To: phono-l <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, Jun 15, 2012 11:54 pm > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Phono-L Digest, Vol 9, Issue 147 > > > > 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. > > > From: [email protected] > > Subject: Phono-L Digest, Vol 9, Issue 147 > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:00:01 -0700 > > > > Send Phono-L mailing list submissions to > > [email protected] > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://oldcrank.org/mailman/listinfo/phono-l > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > [email protected] > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > [email protected] > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of Phono-L digest..." > > > > > > If you reply, please change your subject line and don't include this entire > digest in your message. > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. American restoration. Edison Chippandale restoration (Tom Jordan) > > 2. Re: American restoration. Edison Chippandale restoration > > (Jim Nichol) > > 3. Re: American restoration. Edison Chippendale restoration (DanKj) > > 4. Re: American restoration. Edison Chippandale restoration > > ([email protected]) > > 5. Re: American restoration. Edison Chippendale restoration > > ([email protected]) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 22:25:31 -0500 > > From: Tom Jordan <[email protected]> > > To: "'Antique Phonograph List'" <[email protected]> > > Subject: [Phono-L] American restoration. Edison Chippandale > > restoration > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > So I was watching American Restoration tonight and a guy brought in an > > Edison C-19 Chippendale phonograph to be restored. > > Settled upon price for the restoration, $4,500.00. Hmmm... > > > > Tom > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 23:36:34 -0400 > > From: Jim Nichol <[email protected]> > > To: Antique Phonograph List <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] American restoration. Edison Chippandale > > restoration > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > How did it look after it was "restored"? > > > > Jim > > > > On Jun 13, 2012, at 11:25 PM, Tom Jordan wrote: > > > > > So I was watching American Restoration tonight and a guy brought in an > > > Edison C-19 Chippendale phonograph to be restored. > > > Settled upon price for the restoration, $4,500.00. Hmmm... > > > > > > Tom > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 01:34:54 -0400 > > From: "DanKj" <[email protected]> > > To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] American restoration. Edison Chippendale > > restoration > > Message-ID: <4694907304644AB1B139DBF72F77F888@moms> > > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; > > reply-type=original > > > > Ack. Last time I saw them touch a phono, they soaked the motor in > > industrial de-greaser, never opened the spring case, and did nothing with > > the reproducer. They didn't even understand that it was run by a spring - > > they said it was "a flywheel". To top it all, the horn got a hideous paint > > job that only a clown could love! > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tom Jordan" <[email protected]> > > To: "'Antique Phonograph List'" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 11:25 PM > > Subject: [Phono-L] American restoration. Edison Chippendale restoration > > > > > > > So I was watching American Restoration tonight and a guy brought in an > > > Edison C-19 Chippendale phonograph to be restored. > > > Settled upon price for the restoration, $4,500.00. Hmmm... > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 4 > > Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 05:07:41 -0400 (EDT) > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] American restoration. Edison Chippandale > > restoration > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > wow > > i will have to have my victrola 4 restored there > > what a bargain > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tom Jordan <[email protected]> > > To: 'Antique Phonograph List' <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wed, Jun 13, 2012 11:42 pm > > Subject: [Phono-L] American restoration. Edison Chippandale restoration > > > > > > So I was watching American Restoration tonight and a guy brought in an > > Edison C-19 Chippendale phonograph to be restored. > > Settled upon price for the restoration, $4,500.00. Hmmm... > > > > Tom > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > http://phono-l.org > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 5 > > Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:23:57 +0000 (UTC) > > From: [email protected] > > To: Antique Phonograph List <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] American restoration. Edison Chippendale > > restoration > > Message-ID: > > <2099137540.98263.1339673037587.javamail.r...@sz0019a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net> > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > > And 99% of the non-phonograph collectors who watched it are saying "How > Wonderful" ! and the rest of us are going absolutely nuts, that these > so-called > experts are being praised for such an outright crime ! > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "DanKj" <[email protected]> > > To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 1:34:54 AM > > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] American restoration. Edison Chippendale restoration > > > > Ack. Last time I saw them touch a phono, they soaked the motor in > > industrial de-greaser, never opened the spring case, and did nothing with > > the reproducer. They didn't even understand that it was run by a spring - > > they said it was "a flywheel". To top it all, the horn got a hideous paint > > job that only a clown could love! > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tom Jordan" <[email protected]> > > To: "'Antique Phonograph List'" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 11:25 PM > > Subject: [Phono-L] American restoration. Edison Chippendale restoration > > > > > > > So I was watching American Restoration tonight and a guy brought in an > > > Edison C-19 Chippendale phonograph to be restored. > > > Settled upon price for the restoration, $4,500.00. 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