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Re: Odd items found inside phonographs

Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 11:39 am
by gramophone78
Found this inside a Vic.5 "U" tube and thought it was a bug nest. It's a good thing I removed it carefully. It turned out to be a Morse Clarifier... :lol: :lol:.
Morse Clarifier (4).JPG
Morse Clarifier (2).JPG
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Re: Odd items found inside phonographs

Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 12:25 pm
by CDBPDX
Kryptosmaster wrote:
CDBPDX wrote:Do these count?
That is nasty looking! :?
Is that some kind of bug nest?
Aliens...

Re: Odd items found inside phonographs

Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 11:55 pm
by never_finished
I just opened a victrola I bought on craigslist and found an envelope postmarked 1952. Inside were about 10 photos from what I'm guessing would be soldiers in world war 2.

Re: Odd items found inside phonographs

Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 10:16 am
by Tinkerbell
CDBPDX wrote:Do these count?
*Note to self* Never, ever look at pictures of items found in old phonographs while eating breakfast. :|

Re: Odd items found inside phonographs

Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 10:53 am
by Andersun
never_finished wrote:I just opened a victrola I bought on craigslist and found an envelope postmarked 1952. Inside were about 10 photos from what I'm guessing would be soldiers in world war 2.
The uniforms look Korean War era to me.

Re: Odd items found inside phonographs

Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 11:42 am
by Tinkerbell
gramophone78 wrote:Found this inside a Vic.5 "U" tube and thought it was a bug nest. It's a good thing I removed it carefully. It turned out to be a Morse Clarifier... :lol: :lol:.
For those who may not know what a Morse clarifier is (I certainly didn't), I submit the following. :rose:

Re: Odd items found inside phonographs

Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 9:08 pm
by whoopinola
While living in Nova Scotia 5 years ago I bought a Victor Credenza at an antique shop outside of Digby NS...when disassembled for transport I found a 38 cal revolver bullet under the motorboard..hand guns being a rare comodity in Canada , I found this quite unusual.....according to the dealer this machine came from the "Pines Hotel" , a swank resort in Digby owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway

Re: Odd items found inside phonographs

Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 11:10 am
by FloridaClay
Tinkerbell wrote:
gramophone78 wrote:Found this inside a Vic.5 "U" tube and thought it was a bug nest. It's a good thing I removed it carefully. It turned out to be a Morse Clarifier... :lol: :lol:.
For those who may not know what a Morse clarifier is (I certainly didn't), I submit the following. :rose:
Thanks Tinkerbell. Can't say I ever heard of them either. Does anybody know what they were supposed to accomplish? I'm guessing they fit in the snake oil category of usefulness.

Clay

Re: Odd items found inside phonographs

Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 12:15 pm
by phonogfp
FloridaClay wrote: Can't say I ever heard of them either. Does anybody know what they were supposed to accomplish? I'm guessing they fit in the snake oil category of usefulness.

Clay
Here's an earlier thread on the Morse Clarifier:

http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... +clarifier

George P.

Re: Odd items found inside phonographs

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 5:37 pm
by CDBPDX
A picture says a thousand words. The builders of these nests are long gone, still a bit creepy to find. Found in a Pathé X.