Odd items found inside phonographs

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The best things I found inside a Diamond Disc machine were a small leather bag full of $20 gold pieces, a Bettini attachment and reproducer along with a pink Lambert cylinder and a half eaten sandwich from Subway... :)
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It's getting deep here. I'd better get the hip-waders :lol: :lol:
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Curt A wrote:The best things I found inside a Diamond Disc machine were a small leather bag full of $20 gold pieces, a Bettini attachment and reproducer along with a pink Lambert cylinder and a half eaten sandwich from Subway... :)
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I brought home a Columbia Viva-Tonal last year and saw something scurry out of the corner of my eye as I began to open it up for some cabinet repair. A family of roaches had set up housekeeping inside. Yuck! :o Fortunately there was a can or raid handy.

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FloridaClay wrote:I brought home a Columbia Viva-Tonal last year and saw something scurry out of the corner of my eye as I began to open it up for some cabinet repair. A family of roaches. Yuck! :o Fortunately there was a can or raid handy.

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This is something I always worry about when bringing home antique furniture or phonographs, I'd hate for a roach family to decide to stay... :?
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HisMastersVoice wrote:
FloridaClay wrote:I brought home a Columbia Viva-Tonal last year and saw something scurry out of the corner of my eye as I began to open it up for some cabinet repair. A family of roaches. Yuck! :o Fortunately there was a can or raid handy.

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This is something I always worry about when bringing home antique furniture or phonographs, I'd hate for a roach family to decide to stay... :?
Not to mention....Silverfish,etc.....
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gramophone78 wrote: Not to mention....Silverfish,etc.....
Oh yes, those creep me out...

I do have to give credit to the spider that helped me discover the original owners manual to my C-19, though. Whilst trying to exterminate it, the little bugger slipped through the record storage slots. When I used a flashlight to locate it, there sat the manual wedged in the corner, covered in decades of dust. The spider got away, as I was too focused on recovering the manual at that point. It may still be lurking behind my diamond discs to this day... :o
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HisMastersVoice wrote: It may still be lurking behind my diamond discs to this day... :o

Unless it's a Black Widow or a Brown Recluse, I wouldn't worry. Spiders are useful for keeping other bugs at bay… :-)

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Lucius1958 wrote:
HisMastersVoice wrote: It may still be lurking behind my diamond discs to this day... :o

Unless it's a Black Widow or a Brown Recluse, I wouldn't worry. Spiders are useful for keeping other bugs at bay… :-)

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I don't think it was either, but we do have lots of Black Widows in the garage...
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HisMastersVoice wrote:
Lucius1958 wrote:
HisMastersVoice wrote: It may still be lurking behind my diamond discs to this day... :o

Unless it's a Black Widow or a Brown Recluse, I wouldn't worry. Spiders are useful for keeping other bugs at bay… :-)

Bill
I don't think it was either, but we do have lots of Black Widows in the garage...
Yikes! :o Time to call that Orkin Man!

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On the platter is under the lid, so technically that makes it inside the phonograph...
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