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

[Abe Feder]

Those holes or divits look like needle drops-or bugs did it????
Abe

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 5:46 PM, Steven Medved <steve_noreen at msn.com> wrote:

>
> 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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