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That's right, although if we go with other more fragile woods like Burls we would likely do a veneer over a hardwood as I have veneer softeners and a veneer press, and this would eliminate the difficulties of dovetailing over burls and voids,billybob62 wrote:I have a spare Fireside bottom and maybe someone else would have a top to use as a pattern.I like cherry as a wood so maybe we can work something out. I suppose once you make a pattern you could use any wood.
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John
Right- I am thinking a burned in brand, like the old Lane cedar chests had, inside the cases on each wood panel. Anyone trying to pass one of our cases off as an original would have to gouge or chisel the brands out, which would leave behind obvious signs of tampering.phonogfp wrote:I wasn't going to chime in, because we all know that opinions are like...ummm...noses. Everybody has one.
Still, Jerry expressed the potential problem perfectly.
But if Georg and Nick manufacture new cabinets prominently yet discreetly marked as reproductions, I'd have no problem with it so long as those markings cannot be easily effaced. It's an action that would make everyone happy and avoid unpleasantness in the future.
There's a current thread on this forum offering glow-in-the-dark Columbia style 6" 20th Century cylinders with an anachronistic selection recorded on them. Although either of these features alone is enough to prevent me from buying one, there's no chance that these fantasy records can ever be passed off as original to an educated collector. For that reason, I think it's a great idea - - let folks have what they want. However, a new mahogany cabinet for an Edison Phonograph could become a real problem for an innocent collector years down the road, unless appropriate markings are discretely included.
George P.
That sounds fine - such safeguards are a genuine service to the hobby (especially in another 50-100 years).gramophone-georg wrote:
Right- I am thinking a burned in brand, like the old Lane cedar chests had, inside the cases on each wood panel. Anyone trying to pass one of our cases off as an original would have to gouge or chisel the brands out, which would leave behind obvious signs of tampering.
