Safe to use as a record cabinet?

[USlakeside]

Ok.... i try to stop collecting and it just doesnt work. I ended up getting a *few records I really like and now I think I will likely buy more. I got away with just enjoying the novelty of machines and their mechanics for a while, but now....

Record cabinets seem to be rather expensive. For $200 you could get a floor model -ola type machine which would both serve as storage with the added bonus of being another phonograph.
My question is this. Is it harmful to put a horn model on-top of a victrola for display? I know its not "accurate".

[gramophoneshane]

Personally. I dont think it would be harmful, provided the machine on top has rubber feet to protect the finish on the machine under it.
That said, I think you'd have to make sure the top of the lid was sturdy enough to take the weight of another machine. I cant image a Senior Monarch would do any damage to the lid of an Edison C250, but it might cause a bow in a cheaper or later machine which has either a thin 4 ply top, or a very large surface span with little or no support underneath.

[AZ*]

Just be careful that the finish on the lid isn't lacquer. Rubber and lacquer do not peacefully coexist. The lacquer dissolves and the rubber gets gummy.