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Phonograph Key??
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 12:51 pm
by bobbye49
Hello,
Can anyone tell me if this is a phonograph key. It is 2.75 inches long, brass and perhaps gold plated. Sorry the scan isn't real clear but hopefully someone out there may be able to help me out here. Thanks much.
Re: Phonograph Key??
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 4:54 pm
by Stephen_Madara
i dont belive it to be a phonograph key but it could be for some off-brand machine. here is a link for link for identified phonograph keys. steve
http://www.oldcrank.com/articles/keys/keys.html
Re: Phonograph Key??
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 6:18 pm
by doublemike
That key could open some furniture's drawer.
I remember very similar keys in my grandmother's house. Those keys were used in drawers.
Re: Phonograph Key??
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:29 am
by bobbye49
Thanks for the link. I knew it wasn't Victor or Brunswick as I have those, but wasn't sure about another. It's a pretty key, too bad I don't know what it's for!!
Re: Phonograph Key??
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 5:03 pm
by bobbye49
Well I have searched through hundreds of eBay listings and low and behold I found this!! He calls it a phono cabinet key!! Any help is appreciated. This is the exact key I am trying to get information on. Thanks.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-ANTIQUE ... 1c281e53e9
Re: Phonograph Key??
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 7:44 am
by bbphonoguy
bobbye49 wrote:Well I have searched through hundreds of eBay listings and low and behold I found this!! He calls it a phono cabinet key!! Any help is appreciated. This is the exact key I am trying to get information on. Thanks.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-ANTIQUE ... 1c281e53e9
The fact that he calls it a phono key is virtually meaningless. Where did the seller get his info from? A lot of ebay descriptions are more the result of wishful thinking that actual knowledge.
Re: Phonograph Key??
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:15 am
by OrthoSean
bbphonoguy is right, people can call things whatever they want to and often do just to drum up potential buyers, which is fine, but that's really just a generic barrel key. The cut of that key is the same cut Columbia used on most, if not all, Grafonolas and the same one used on many Edison DD machines and I'm sure many others as well. So, bottom line, it may work in many machine cabinet locks, but it may not have been supplied with any.
Sean
Re: Phonograph Key??
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 8:09 am
by bobbye49
I actually sent a message to the seller on ebay asking him that very question, but haven't heard. Maybe I'll try one more time asking him to contact the buyer for me...We'll see, but thanks for the input.
Re: Phonograph Key??
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2012 12:18 pm
by Retrograde
Hmmm... here is another one just like it.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/320933916634