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Hi- Up to my ears in the cylinders I got last week-- But found something I can't identify. In large box of cylinders were two wooden containers with lids-- Everything is wooden, including the threaded portions. They are taller than a standard cylinder record. A cylinder slides easily into the containers, but with no side room to spare, so I can't imagine they'd be shipping containers since there would be no room for packing material to protect the grooves on the record. Two pics attached. Anyone have an idea what they could be??? One knowledgeable friend said he didn't think they were phono related-- but "wanted" them to be since he has one too!
I'd appreciate the collective wisdom of the forum to ID these-- Just seems too coincidental that they were packed away with a huge collection of cylinders.
Thanks Much!!
Brad

They are dutch. JK!

Holy Cow Batman! The Moooman is back!

Moooperator wrote:They are dutch. JK!

mooperator might not be so far from the truth here in the netherlands in the city of leiden we have a anthropological museum i digitized cylinders for them some years back these where dictaphone lengh cylinders with people from new guiney singing and talking recorded in the 1900 - 1910 period with a columbia type c graphophone
the recorded cylinders where cut to standard size and where in a cylinder case in unmarked boxes (the titles where on slips) yet the unrecorded blanks of dictaphone size where in wood cylindrical boxes like the ones shown here the screwtop lids where made watertight with bees wax for shiping

my question is does the screwtop on these contain beeswax?

ps one of the cylinders was broken in half probably on the mandrel before it could be recorded on i was given it as a souvenir of the digitisations
here's a pic of it
tino