Who's young ?

[gramophoneshane]

Who's young 15 to 35/50 ? on the forum and actively repairing ? And can collect a load of stuff at some time after the virus ends ? Or in the future ?

I'm 30; I've been on this forum since I was 12. My tools aren't here, but they could be. What's the story?

Garret

I think you were first on the OTVMMB? This one's only been going 10 yrs or so.

[Garret]

Who's young 15 to 35/50 ? on the forum and actively repairing ? And can collect a load of stuff at some time after the virus ends ? Or in the future ?

I'm 30; I've been on this forum since I was 12. My tools aren't here, but they could be. What's the story?

Garret

I think you were first on the OTVMMB? This one's only been going 10 yrs or so.

It's practically the same forum with a lot of the same people. This one came from [he who shall not be named]'s board, which blew up at least once. and before that there was Mark Best's OTVMMB. There might have been another one in between?

[Marco Gilardetti]

Hello Mike, I'm 47 (much to the upper upper side of the range you fixed ) and actively repairing. What's cooking?

Apropos of this, I've sent you a private message last week with an order for some of your replacement coils, but I see you still have to read it... Would you please check your inbox? Thanks!

[Johndoe64]

I'm 21 - but I'm in the US (and not particularly good at difficult repairs)

[Chinacat]

43, started collecting 78s seriously around 20 or so.

[Grammofon1904]

Im 49, got my first portable machine in 1979.

[coyote]

I'm 46, and after wanting a wind-up phonograph (gramophone) since the age of about 5, my mother purchased a Grafonola G-2 for me in 1987 when I was 13. It had a stripped finish and a replaced tonearm (still correct Columbia, but without the auto-stop), but it worked. I learned a lot using The Compleat Talking Machine to take it apart and clean it. The photos at the back of that book also fueled my want list for various models and makes for many years to come! It was another 15 years before I was able to purchase my next and most-desired phonograph at that time, an Edison Triumph.

[Curt A]

"I think you were first on the OTVMMB? This one's only been going 10 yrs or so."

Acronyms... I hate them... What in the world is the "OTVMMB"?

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Old Time Victrola Music Message Board.

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/otvmmb/ ... 78c3b2a468

[Garret]

Old Time Victrola Music Message Board.

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/otvmmb/ ... 78c3b2a468

Not quite. D*a*n G!lmore tried to take over the previous iteration of the OTVMMB, which is how this one came to be. Previously someone near Richmond, VA, Mark Best, was running the Old Time Victrola Music Message Board (OTVMMB) off a server connected to http://www.earlyrecordings.com (which is no longer up and running, it seems). That has been over 20 years ago now since he started it; I hopped on a few years later when I was 13, and am now 30. What a different world it was..

Garret