Ken is one of the best restorers I personally know. Great job Ken. You're the man!!! Still great after all these years! Rick Mazur -----Original Message----- From: bjohnson at mrvictor.com To: phono-l at oldcrank.org Sent: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:42 AM Subject: RE: [Phono-L] Columbia AS reborn Beautiful Ken: To those Phono-L members who don't know of Ken's restoration talents, he recently finished restoring three early case multiphones, one of which is mine, a restoration job that another prominent phonograph restorer said "could not be done." Thanks for posting the pictures Ken. Bob -----Original Message----- From: phono-l-bounces at oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-bounces at oldcrank.org] On Behalf Of Ken Danckaert Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 3:29 AM To: phono-l at oldcrank.org Subject: [Phono-L] Columbia AS reborn Awhile back one of the members posted some pictures of a Columbia AS that had been demolished in shipping due to virtually no packing in the box when shipped. The first two URLs show the machine as it was received from the Post Office. Most people would have given up at that point. It was given to me for restoration. Restoration did not include any repainting or refinishing. There were a number of coin mechanism parts that were missing and had to be made. The top casting that was damaged beyond hope was replaced with another one of the same vintage. As you can see, the signboard is new and I am currently working to match the stains for appropriate color. I thought that you would like to see that even what appears to be a hopeless machine can be brought back to life. The URLs show the before and after for this very nice machine. Ken Danckaert http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/3026/phono4hi7.jpg http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/673/phono3ek6.jpg http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/2272/casetopgl4.jpg http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/5909/mechfrontvw0.jpg http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/5372/caseworksfrontqx3.jpg http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/8151/caseworksopen1zi9.jpg http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/5899/casemechsignboarduq2.jpg _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.
