Phonograph Key??

bobbye49 · Post by **bobbye49** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 12:51 pm

Hello,

Can anyone tell me if this is a phonograph key. It is 2.75 inches long, brass and perhaps gold plated. Sorry the scan isn't real clear but hopefully someone out there may be able to help me out here. Thanks much.

Stephen_Madara · Post by **Stephen_Madara** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 4:54 pm

i dont belive it to be a phonograph key but it could be for some off-brand machine. here is a link for link for identified phonograph keys. steve

http://www.oldcrank.com/articles/keys/keys.html

doublemike · Post by **doublemike** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 6:18 pm

That key could open some furniture's drawer.
I remember very similar keys in my grandmother's house. Those keys were used in drawers.

bobbye49 · Post by **bobbye49** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:29 am

Thanks for the link. I knew it wasn't Victor or Brunswick as I have those, but wasn't sure about another. It's a pretty key, too bad I don't know what it's for!!

bobbye49 · Post by **bobbye49** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 5:03 pm

Well I have searched through hundreds of eBay listings and low and behold I found this!! He calls it a phono cabinet key!! Any help is appreciated. This is the exact key I am trying to get information on. Thanks.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-ANTIQUE ... 1c281e53e9

bbphonoguy · Post by **bbphonoguy** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 7:44 am

bobbye49 wrote:Well I have searched through hundreds of eBay listings and low and behold I found this!! He calls it a phono cabinet key!! Any help is appreciated. This is the exact key I am trying to get information on. Thanks.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-ANTIQUE ... 1c281e53e9

The fact that he calls it a phono key is virtually meaningless. Where did the seller get his info from? A lot of ebay descriptions are more the result of wishful thinking that actual knowledge.

OrthoSean · Post by **OrthoSean** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:15 am

bbphonoguy is right, people can call things whatever they want to and often do just to drum up potential buyers, which is fine, but that's really just a generic barrel key. The cut of that key is the same cut Columbia used on most, if not all, Grafonolas and the same one used on many Edison DD machines and I'm sure many others as well. So, bottom line, it may work in many machine cabinet locks, but it may not have been supplied with any.

Sean

bobbye49 · Post by **bobbye49** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 8:09 am

I actually sent a message to the seller on ebay asking him that very question, but haven't heard. Maybe I'll try one more time asking him to contact the buyer for me...We'll see, but thanks for the input.

Retrograde · Post by **Retrograde** » Sun Jul 29, 2012 12:18 pm

Hmmm... here is another one just like it.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/320933916634

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