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Is this trash or an unusual attachment found on this VV-VI?
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PeterF
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Re: Is this trash or an unusual attachment found on this VV-
I'm going back to bud vase.
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Phonofreak
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Re: Is this trash or an unusual attachment found on this VV-
That makes sense. It looks like the right dimensions to hold the crank. It looks like it was done many years ago. I'd leave it alone. It really adds personality and uniqueness to an otherwise common machine.
Harvey Kravitz
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phonogal wrote:Maybe a place to store the crank when you are taking the machine somewhere or storing it?
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Roaring20s
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Re: Is this trash or an unusual attachment found on this VV-
Well, unless the horn was full of records, that is were I'd place the crank.
Flowers would look adorable.
James.
Flowers would look adorable.
James.
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Brad
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Re: Is this trash or an unusual attachment found on this VV-
The lower piece looks like is is supposed to receive something gently. Phonogal's guess is a good one.
On the bottom bracket, what is the piece just below the hole? Cork? If so, cork was typically used to provide electrical and/or heat insulation or to protect glass. Maybe a clue there.
On the bottom bracket, what is the piece just below the hole? Cork? If so, cork was typically used to provide electrical and/or heat insulation or to protect glass. Maybe a clue there.
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FloridaClay
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Re: Is this trash or an unusual attachment found on this VV-
We might never know. If it were mine, I would likely remove the brackets and keep them in an envelope, with a note about where and when they were found, inside the machine.
Clay
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1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
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LadyHawke
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Re: Is this trash or an unusual attachment found on this VV-
I was really liking "bud vase"!!!!
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Curt A
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Re: Is this trash or an unusual attachment found on this VV-
The strap looks like it was made to fasten electrical conduit to a wall... take it off.
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"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
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Tpapp54321
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Re: Is this trash or an unusual attachment found on this VV-
It looks to me like it might have been to hold a candle to provide light
-Tom
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FloridaClay
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It stuck me as being an off-the-shelf item from a hardware store too.Curt A wrote:The strap looks like it was made to fasten electrical conduit to a wall... take it off.
Clay
Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume's Laws of Collecting
1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
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NEFaurora
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Re: Is this trash or an unusual attachment found on this VV-
"Maybe there was an Edison external horn machine on the shelf next to this VV-"
Hahaha,,
That's funny! You never know....People do the darndest things!
Pondering it over, I think a previous poster may be correct. It may have held a small vial for a flower... That was big back then!
I'm voting Bud Vase now!
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Tony K.
Edison Collector/Restorer
Hahaha,,
That's funny! You never know....People do the darndest things!
Pondering it over, I think a previous poster may be correct. It may have held a small vial for a flower... That was big back then!
I'm voting Bud Vase now!
)Tony K.
Edison Collector/Restorer