Phonoland

Hey guys,

I'm a new member and have a 1940's, post-WWII Magnavox Georgian I want to sell. I think it's worth at least $1800 but am willing to let it go for $900.

OK, OK, just joking.

I do have it (see below) and am in the process or restoring it for myself. (Picked it up for $30. Overpaid at least $20, but I'm a softy for a sob story.)

Anyway, here's my question. Every once in a while, I'll take a look at some 78's for sale locally. The type of damage I usually see is edge chips, big and small. Last time I stopped by to take a look from a craigslist ad, large numbers of the records had massive spindle hole damage. I don't mean little chips - large craters and sometimes the entire spindle hole was punched through to a larger size (with rough edges). The lady said the records had belonged to her grandfather and the phonograph was long gone. Most of them were from the 30's and 40's - Stokowski red seal sets and others. I bought very few because most were damaged in this way. My question is - what sort of changer would cause this sort of damage? Thought the knife blade changers mainly damaged the edges. Never saw something like this.

Hi Newbie,
I could give you $2500.00 for that--been looking for one exactly like that for years, my Grandma had one !--Where are you located ??
(Two can play the same game !)
On a serious note, most jukeboxes can do that type of damage to the center hole-real fast, if the record (support) trays are not used. I would suspect that any type of "automatic" spindle, where the records were held/released (pushed off), could also cause that damage. Ron Rich