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Re: Brand new Edison S-19....
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 9:29 pm
by FloridaClay
These crates, as well as the one that started this thread, look like they were exposed to dampness for a long time, which does not bode well for their content.
Clay
Re: Brand new Edison S-19....
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 9:54 pm
by Cody K
A rare sighting of an original Edison Pig in a Poke!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_in_a_poke
Re: Brand new Edison S-19....
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 1:01 am
by Lucius1958
VintageTechnologies wrote:It might contain Uncle Walter who mysteriously vanished so many years ago.
Was he last seen waltzing with bears?
Re: Brand new Edison S-19....
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 1:31 am
by RAK402
"Was he last seen waltzing with bears?"
At a picnic, I think...
Re: Brand new Edison S-19....
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 12:37 pm
by coyote
Another shot of the crated S-19 at Union in 2010, along with price and George's article on top. That Cygnet horn is still up there, as well!
Re: Brand new Edison S-19....
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 2:54 pm
by De Soto Frank
How were the crates constructed? The solid sides almost look like cardboard ?
Fascinating stuff...
Re: Brand new Edison S-19....
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 3:10 pm
by estott
Very thin plywood, 3-ply, glued together with hide glue. It's the same stuff you often find for case bottoms and back panels. Once the glue softens with age and dampness the cheap wood shrinks and swells like crazy-- I have a delaminated case bottom and the pieces have shrunk as much as a half inch.
Re: Brand new Edison S-19....
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 3:11 pm
by FloridaClay
De Soto Frank wrote:How were the crates constructed? The solid sides almost look like cardboard ?
Fascinating stuff...
I haven't seen one "up close and personal" but I'm guessing plywood.
Clay
Re: Brand new Edison S-19....
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 4:34 pm
by gramophone-georg
coyote wrote:Another shot of the crated S-19 at Union in 2010, along with price and George's article on top. That Cygnet horn is still up there, as well!
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Wow- I lived in the Akron area in the 1970s/ 80s and I knew the Kratz family... Worked in retail with Janice and her elderly mom was still running the music store in the late 1970s. Very eccentric but nice people.
Too cool.
