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phonophan79 wrote:

FloridaClay wrote:Oh, and I want those record shelves!

Clay

I don't know, he could probably have an entire additional shelf if they were more practically spaced.

The spacing is what I really like. Makes the records easily accessible and there are not so many in a lump that they are stressed by the weight of their neighbors, who keep wanting to push them over. Right now I have open shelves about 3 feet wide with the occasional metal bookend stuck in to provide some support. Far from ideal. Some day I will build some custom shelving, or get some built, and they will likely look a lot like this gentleman’s.

Clay

kirtley2012 wrote:...your a collector when you have to pile machines up just to find a place for them!

That would be a hoarder. A collector always tastefully displays machines.
BTW, the machine in the picture is a gramophone rather than a phonograph

Retrograde wrote:

kirtley2012 wrote:...your a collector when you have to pile machines up just to find a place for them!

That would be a hoarder. A collector always tastefully displays machines.
BTW, the machine in the picture is a gramophone rather than a phonograph

they do when they have the space
i was pointing out that there isnt any phonographs there, only gramophones

Retrograde wrote: BTW, the machine in the picture is a gramophone rather than a phonograph

Yes, certainly, but most participants in this forum call themselves "phonograph collector." I am sure many are personally addressed by the contemplative scene or "momento mori" of a collector's life, so wonderfully captured by the photographer.

kirtley2012 wrote: i was pointing out that there isnt any phonographs there, only gramophones

This is not quite correct, a Pathé disc phonograph with two turntables is clearly visible on the low table in the foreground.