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[winsleydale]

Having only four machines, they don't spread enough where I ever need to regroup them (although they certainly would if they could. They have minds of their own for sure!)

Do you prefer 78s, cylinders or Diamond Discs?

[PHONOMIKE]

I prefer 78's. They are easy to find, cheap and their quality is pretty good.

What was the most recent machine that you acquired for your collection?

[winsleydale]

My newest machine (also my oldest ) is my Edison Standard D that I purchased from Jerry Blais.

Upright, console, tabletop or portable, and why?

[phonogfp]

My newest machine (also my oldest ) is my 1902 Edison Standard D that I purchased from Jerry Blais.

The Edison Standard D was introduced in late 1908.

George P.

[winsleydale]

:O My bad! I must have misread something along the way then. Let me edit that.

[PHONOMIKE]

My newest machine (also my oldest ) is my Edison Standard D that I purchased from Jerry Blais.

Upright, console, tabletop or portable, and why?

Upright for me. I think they look very classy in any setting.

Do you use the "foes" option on the board to limit exposure to any members?

[Bruce]

I did not know there was such an option and I do not think I would use it even now that I do. There are some forum members I shake my head at and other that cause me to giggle but generally I enjoy the comments and helpful hints that are shared on the TM forum.

Have you ever helped someone join the TM obsession by selling a machine cheep or fixing one for nothing?

Bruce

[GrafonolaG50]

Not a machine, but I have given a few records and needles to friends whose families have a machine, but nothing to play on it. I have also recommended nice starter machines such as a portable, VV-IV or a VV-VI.
Do you prefer the original, as found finish possibly with slight alligatoring, or does it have to look the way it did when it left West Orange, Camden, etc.

[winsleydale]

Call me a heretic if you will, but I want everything to look as shiny and new as possible. I like to think of my antiques less as survivors of a bygone era, and more as a window into that era.

Have you ever waited weeks for a crucial part to arrive, only to wreck it in your haste and have to order it again?

[fran604g]

Call me a heretic if you will, but I want everything to look as shiny and new as possible. I like to think of my antiques less as survivors of a bygone era, and more as a window into that era.

Have you ever waited weeks for a crucial part to arrive, only to wreck it in your haste and have to order it again?

Not yet, but I've come close:

Last fall, I finally received my beautifully repaired AO carriage from Jean-Paul Agnard, and in my haste to quickly assemble the top works and tune the motor, I inadvertently forgot to let the mainspring unwind.

Fortunately, I quickly jammed the fleshy part of my left hand - the web between my thumb and forefinger - into the bull gear and its mate, averting any damage.

A seriously stupid mistake.

What will be your next acquisition?

Fran