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

[Chris Kocsis]

Maybe bugs, they're so neat and round, like carpenter bee holes.  But 
not much deeper than wide.

The seller was very nice and refunded the purchase instantly.

Abe Feder wrote:
> 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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