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Who has an LP console, of any of the 4 types?

If you do, please look at the turntable and let me know the color and texture. I have the smallest one, the 1C, and it came to me with a lovely dark-reddish soft velvet, which looks original and is very nice. But I'd like to make sure, especially since the Edisonics, which came immediately after the LPs, all seem to have the familiar golden mustard-colored felt.

I no longer have it, but at one time I had a 2-C and the turntable had mustard-colored felt.

George P.

And poking around this forum and elsewhere on the interwebs, I also see pix of some with pea-green felt. Argh.

I'm not gonna sweat it, since I have examples of both colors lying around. The reddish short-nap velvet is pleasant and nice, and so I'll just let it ride for now.

Seems to me that late Columbias (or maybe late Brunswicks?) also have luxurious velvet TT felts sometimes. I have a mental picture of such, in a royal blue color, but can't remember the maker's name just now.

Fsancier Columbia Grafonolas used green velvet on the turntable.

Silvertone machines used purple velvet on machines with gold plate fittings.

My 3c has pea-green felt, it is somewhat worn so I'm unable to say what the texture is/was.

All the best

Tim W-W

My 1C has the same orange felt as the Schubert.