The problem, Garret, is that a cabinetry work like that, to be done correctly including the japanning (an expensive technique), would cost much more than the $400 that the machine is being sold for.Garret wrote: Tue Jun 13, 2023 12:58 am There are a couple furniture restorers out there who could replicate the bottom of the cabinet, provided a pattern were available.
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A succinctly and perfectly expressed truth.CarlosV wrote: Tue Jun 13, 2023 4:44 amThe problem, Garret, is that a cabinetry work like that, to be done correctly including the japanning (an expensive technique), would cost much more than the $400 that the machine is being sold for.Garret wrote: Tue Jun 13, 2023 12:58 am There are a couple furniture restorers out there who could replicate the bottom of the cabinet, provided a pattern were available.
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Re: Edison Bell Console - Chinoiserie finish
Someone in 1932 decided to try sliding it across the room. Those spindle legs do not handle that activity well
. So instead of getting rid of phonograph, they just cut it off at the stump and there you are.
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