[78-L] record cabinet?

[Thomas Stern]

  IIRC, a Victrola floor model, probably 1920's had storage underneath the soundbox which had vertical partitions-so I assume the
stored records were meant to be vertical.  Dont remember now if there were 2 levels for storage...
    Hope machine collectors will provide input here!!!  What storage
was provided in talking machine cabineets or for seperate storage in
early days??
  Best wishes, Thomas.

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[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]On Behalf Of Han Enderman
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Subject: [78-L] record cabinet?


I doubt if they had at the time any idea of "proper storage".
The metal records of music boxes were stored horizontally and
possibly this method was used for 78s too.
It is very small, since the descriptions says now that it is for 7" discs.
Maybe verical storage is less necessary for small discs?

han enderman
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>>> The cabinet appears to have to holes in the top. I wonder if they are
for pegs, making them stackable? and I wonder why they chose horizontal
storage. That goes up against what we now know is proper storage.
- Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr
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> http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120769683310&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123#ht_3489wt_1185
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> Looks like an attractive piece of furniture and a sturdy place to keep
> your records circa 1901, until you open the drawers. Is this how they
> stored records? I was expecting vertical shelving.
Vertical shelving implies that the round records would be either in
sleeves or albums, otherwise they would roll out.  With one exception I
have not been able to find evidence of sleeves before 1906 -- not even
any mention of how discs were sold, shipped, or stored in the trade
press.  I had expected to find companies offering to sell sleeves to
dealers, but there were only a few mentions of storage albums but not as
early as 1901.  I would LOVE to get ANY info of the existence of disc
sleeves prior to 1906 beyond the one Berliner sleeve in the new Sherman
book.

One other thing about this record cabinet.  Although there is no way I
could afford this, I asked the seller to give the dimensions.
Especially considering some of the machines he mentioned, it might only
hold 7-inch discs!!

Mike Biel
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I have actually quite a lot of pre 1906 sleeves;
1902 G&T celebrity sleeves of the early Caruso/Battistini/ Tamgano/Marconi
records. (picture/title, etc)
1902 and 1903 Zonopgone sleeves with artist and title
Berliner sleeves with artists and titles... etc, etc
Erwin
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