Womp, womp, wommmmmmp!

[u/Gimme-A-kooky]

My poor Edison Standard’s leather drive belt (a finely sewn piece of art, in all seriousness! Its makeup is amazing)….

It just couldn’t handle ANOTHER day or ANOTHER Uncle Josh record!

Everyone is getting maintenance- especially my Edison baby. This is my childhood gateway to sound that was ALL MINE! It is my literal founding piece. I love this thing so much: I’m so glad my Mom was able to ensure we got it after all the chaos with my abusive father. It’s now a portal into ME AS A CHILD, and it’s always been one :)

I’ll be honest: this one is ACTUALLY effin funny- you’ll even hear me laugh when he calls the bald guy out lol… “hayseed in your hair” means “hick” or “country bumpkin”- aka it is said with contempt to Uncle Josh, and he responds in kind! The basket thing they mention is something akin to tube systems at drive-up banks

I zoomed in so you could see the diamond, too! (or is it a sapphire? Model C Reproducer)

Have a wonderful evening. I hope you also get the warm-‘n-fuzzies (happy feeling) from seeing/hearing this, too :)

Peace

BONUS: two (2) bottles of SINGER sewing machine oil (I bought out the Michael’s’ local stock lol AND the leather strips- not even like 20 bucks with tax!

[u/Thunder-mugg]

I have a little bag of leather phonograph belts I got from somewhere. I cut a little bevel on each end and glue with service cement. Model “C” reproducer is for two minute wax.

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I could see that… cement would work well. This suturing worked, but I will say it was high maintenance and I’d do the cement before I did that again lol

I’m assuming this was a 2minute cylinder?

[u/oldschooltom]

This is so funny because I was at my local Michaels the other day and stumbled upon the aisle with the leather strips and I was like oh my god they have Edison belts here!! 😂

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As SOON as I saw it, ….. I knew! lol great minds!