The Talking Machine Forum — For All Antique Phonographs & Recordings

This is a little contest. SOLVED-WE HAVE A WINNER!

First responder that can identify what is in the picture will win the original full-page Victrola advertisement from a 1923 Red Book magazine.Postage paid.
A small bonus item will be included if you can guess what we did with these today.

TMF time stamp and e-mail time stamp will determine order of responses.

Hint: these are NOT phonograph needles.

What are these? Here is the prize, Good Luck!

Just a guess, but if they are stainless steel it looks like tumbling media for cleaning and polishing metal parts.

Kurt
Retired manufacturing jeweler.

Man I was thinking so hard as to what they could be

I know you said they’re NOT phonograph needles but all I can think of is this:

they are needle blanks and what you did was sharpen the ends into needle points. (you never said they weren’t going to become needles)

Probably ain’t right but hey I tried

David

Pins for roller bearings?

Brad Abell

Sprinkles, and you ate them? Is this a test to see if we can follow instructions? Do you really want us to email you?

Pins for piano actions, and you scrapped them, because nobody needs that many?

Extra pins for a Cribbage board...

Some sort of alignment pins?

jukejunkie wrote:Just a guess, but if they are stainless steel it looks like tumbling media for cleaning and polishing metal parts.

Kurt
Retired manufacturing jeweler.

That's what they look like to me -- https://www.amazon.com/STAINLESS-FINISH ... B00YWJLHY8

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[quote="Django"]Sprinkles, and you ate them?