[Phono-L] Advice please - holes in cylinder surface

[Steven Medved]

I believe I used candle wax to fill in holes on one of my cylinders, but I would have used a broken record.  I think it was a wax amberol and I was able to play the record.  

Are they chipped or melted?

I have no idea how the holes got there, but the seller should give you a full refund and pay return postage.  E+ does not have holes.  

Steve

> Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:35:55 -0400
> From: chrisk33 at cox.net
> To: phono-l at oldcrank.org
> Subject: [Phono-L] Advice please - holes in cylinder surface
> 
> I just got a cylinder I won on eBay (Edison 9100, Bob Roberts' Everybody 
> Works But Father) to replace mine that cracked.  It was advertised as in 
> excellent + condition, and as I pulled it out of its sleeve it looked 
> like it was.  But as I turned it to examine it closely, I found a 
> strange, almost patterned number of deep circular pits among the 
> grooves.  I'm afraid to play it in case the stylus catches in these 
> holes and gets ripped out.  I'm attaching a picture.
> 
> I would appreciate advice (as well as any information on how these holes 
> could have formed -- I'm not an experienced collector, but I've never 
> seen anything like them before).
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Chris
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