Day 192 / One Man’s Junk

Well, it’s official, I’m sick.  I have a sore throat and my muscles constantly feel like they’re recuperating from some heavy workout.  Generally, I feel weak.  Still haven’t done my creative thing for today but I better get to it because I need my sleep tonight.

 
 

Yesterdays creative thing was pretty serendipitous.  The alleyway behind my office can sometimes be a haven for awesome stuff that somebody has left for junk.  For example, this beautiful old Magnavox record player console.  I only had to think for a short moment before deciding that I was going to take it.  I rolled it into the kitchen area at my office and proceeded to strip it like a nice car in a bad neighborhood.  I needed some extra tools but by the end of the day I had everything out of it.

 

I know there must be some of you out there thinking “What have you done!?  That’s a valuable old record console!”  I looked it up on Ebay and saw something similar selling for up to 300.00 dollars.  I see that angle but I don’t have the space or the interest in flipping a large record console.  On the other hand, I think what was inside was a treasure trove of awesome vintage stuff.  There was the record player, which appears to be in good quality and seems rather simple to get working.  Then, there was the two 12in. woofers and the enormous horns for tweeters.  The horns are very cool and I would definitely like to find a good use for them.  There was the AM/FM tuner which I’m  not sure If I’m going to use or if I could figure out even how to use it.  I may strip it for components.  Finally there was a the sweet vintage netting and wood trellis which covered the speakers.

 

One idea that has come to mind that would use the record player would be a record player that hangs on the wall.  Back in the day there was that high quality CD player that mounted vertically on your wall with glass doors that would open with the wave of your hand, well why not a record player.  You could use a ball and chain as a weight to keep the needle on the record.

 

If you’ve got an idea, leave it in the comments.  I’d love to hear some ideas.