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I have a cute and narrow Salter cabinet. It came to me refinished and outfitted with drawers to hold cylinder records. Was this Salter cabinet originally offered to hold cylinder records or is it converted from a disc record cabinet? Thanks for your replies.

Jerry B.

Nice cabinet!

That looks to be similar to the Salter Phonograph Cylinder Cabinet, style or model 783, which appears in the Salter Talking Machine Catalog, which you can download from this page: https://www.antiquephono.org/catalogs/s ... s-catalog/
The major standout difference, of course, is the fact that the one in the catalog is fitted with "door shelves." Pure speculation on my part, but perhaps the one you have is a later design, dispensing with the door shelves--done to prevent someone, unfamiliar with the laws of gravity, from filling up the door with records, and leaving the internal shelves empty? (As in, tip, CRASH!!!)

HTH,
OrthoFan

Thanks OrthoFan, that helps a lot. I looked at the Salter catalog on the APS website and it showed only the disc version. I'm delighted to see that it also came in a cylinder version.

Thanks, Jerry B.

If those cylinder drawers are not original factory items, someone with some great woodworking skill made them. Either way, it's a wonderful cabinet...

If those cylinder drawers are not original factory items, someone with some great woodworking skill made them. Either way, it's a wonderful cabinet...

The drawers in mine look more like the shelves mounted on the doors of the one shown from the catalog. Curt, is that what you were thinking?

They don't look exactly like the ones shown in the catalog, but very similar style, if not original...
The ones in the catalog look to have wooden dividers, where Jerry's cabinet has similar drawers without dividers...