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Re: Is this trash or an unusual attachment found on this VV-
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 7:24 pm
by PeterF
I'm going back to bud vase.
Re: Is this trash or an unusual attachment found on this VV-
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 7:54 pm
by Phonofreak
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
phonogal wrote:Maybe a place to store the crank when you are taking the machine somewhere or storing it?
Re: Is this trash or an unusual attachment found on this VV-
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 8:59 pm
by Roaring20s
Well, unless the horn was full of records, that is were I'd place the crank.
Flowers would look adorable. 
James.
Re: Is this trash or an unusual attachment found on this VV-
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2014 7:10 am
by Brad
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.
Re: Is this trash or an unusual attachment found on this VV-
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2014 8:54 am
by FloridaClay
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
Re: Is this trash or an unusual attachment found on this VV-
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 9:07 pm
by LadyHawke
Re: Is this trash or an unusual attachment found on this VV-
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 9:50 pm
by Curt A
The strap looks like it was made to fasten electrical conduit to a wall... take it off.
Re: Is this trash or an unusual attachment found on this VV-
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 11:29 pm
by Tpapp54321
It looks to me like it might have been to hold a candle to provide light
-Tom
Re: Is this trash or an unusual attachment found on this VV-
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 10:07 am
by FloridaClay
Curt A wrote:The strap looks like it was made to fasten electrical conduit to a wall... take it off.
It stuck me as being an off-the-shelf item from a hardware store too.
Clay
Re: Is this trash or an unusual attachment found on this VV-
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 10:14 am
by NEFaurora
"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
