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I know that a replacement grill can be obtained from Tom Rutkowski.
Grills are rather fragile and I'm suddenly thinking that a, for example, tiger oak reproduction probably is not going to be in the cards, so, what to do? Maybe a sheet of pexiglas to cover it to protect it from an accident. Anybody else ever had any ideas about this?
Thanks.

What machine is the grille for?

In many cases, grilles were not made of solid wood, but of laminated layers with veneer on top. Thus you could use secondary wood for the base, and quarter sawn veneer for the finish.

A plexiglass sheet would protect a grille, all right, but it would also muffle the volume considerably.

Bill

Bill,

It would be for a C250 and in Tiger Oak.
I would remove it when playing.
I am thinking that it could be destroyed so easily by accident and it would be impossible to match the Tiger Oak.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/252954471080?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT

Thanks
John

John, I'd have to say that the oak C 250/C19 grilles are pretty stout -- the one in my C 250 is nearly 7/16" thick laminated wood with veneer. I don't think that anything would be necessary to protect it, assuming reasonable care.

Best,
Fran

Thanks Fran,
I've seen one that dried out and just kind of delaminated in layers so it wouldn't take much to really mess one up.
The players, on the other hand, are like tanks.
John

billybob62 wrote:Thanks Fran,
I've seen one that dried out and just kind of delaminated in layers so it wouldn't take much to really mess one up.
The players, on the other hand, are like tanks.
John

John, did you buy the early C 250 (#6,096) in your link? If so, congratulations on a very nice, and very scarce, iteration of the earliest Edison Chippendales! A true gem...

Best,
Fran

Thank you,Fran

Jerry Blais, our wonderful factotum, brought it to me from the Union show.
I didn't realize that it was rare but I really liked the looks of it.

John

Unless they are stored in a wet place or get really bashed around Edison Diamond Disc grilles are quite solid

Tom does have some very nice tiger oak veneer for use in making his grills. He routs them using an overhead pin router. The quality it excellent.
Dave D

Thank you to all.
John