Mystery question? What is this????

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Mystery question? What is this????

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I own a hand crank 1909 Columbia Regent mahogany "desk model" phonograph. I got this pic from the Internet of an oak 1909 Columbia Regent with a rare electric turntable. I didn't know Columbia had electric turntable motors as early as 1909. I also took some pics of my Regent. Mine even has a couple extra knobs. I was never able to figure out what the that knob with a little wooden peg was for in the motor board. I also own a Baby Regent which does not have this knob, but it is the later 1913 version with louvers over the horn instead of doors. Does anyone have a guess what these are for? They are not spare door knobs and I included a door knob to show that they are bigger. Maybe there is an easy explanation for these so what do you think?
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They are stops so you can't pull the drawer all the way out with the pegs in the holes in the rear side walls.


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Wow! You are right! I just put two of the knobs in those holes at the back and it works! But my knob with the darkened peg is a little thicker and didn't fit. Do these pegs have anything to do with that hole in the motor board? And what does that hole do?

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Nothing I know of, never seen that hole in other desks I've had.

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Chuck, Were your Regents the later style with louvers covering the horn, or did you also have an early model with the doors over the horn?

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