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Posted: **Sun Dec 01, 2024 6:17 pm**

Lah Ca wrote: Sun Dec 01, 2024 10:20 am
JerryVan wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2024 11:29 am I'm guessing that if you swung the tone arm over, towards that spot, you may find that the needle pretty much centers over it. If that's the case, then most likely, there was some sort of pad there, where you could rest the needle/tome arm while changing records or winding.
I further suspect that this below is the needle rest and arm lock thing, something requiring a needle to be left if the chuck for transport of the machine.

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But then I am often wrong.

Yup, that's the thing I was referring to.

Posted: **Sat Mar 22, 2025 7:10 am**

It would be my guess that the fabric is buckram. It is hard wearing and resistant to dirt and grease. It is most often used for heavyweight book binding and archival boxes. It could be used for a gramophone.

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