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<p>[QUOTE="Lloyd, post: 400754, member: 2885"]Thank you for your reply. I've never actually heard of 'crystal sets' before! Something interesting for me to Google! Also interesting to hear you think it could have started out as a music cupboard... what would you think the reason was for the top surface being able to lift up? I don't think it could have housed something like a gramophone as there is no hole on the side to wind one? What were music cupboards intended for anyway? </p><p><br /></p><p>For some reason I am unable to attach good quality close-ups to this reply! I keep getting an error message that the images are too big! Even though they're under 1MB! I therefore attach two rather low quality versions to this message... I don't know if you're able to make some of the text out?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://attachment.outlook.live.net/owa/gareth94@hotmail.co.uk/service.svc/s/GetAttachmentThumbnail?id=AQMkADAwATYwMAItOTMwNi1jOWE1LTAwAi0wMAoARgAAAwQdZ7vt2PhMmvvk04eWoRwHALdiJIKiQ1tFjzOTIpZ3AMoAAAIBDAAAALdiJIKiQ1tFjzOTIpZ3AMoAAfFIV5sAAAABEgAQAFLakcJ1Om1Pj4TFYJmCXUo%3D&thumbnailType=2&X-OWA-CANARY=Wi1_XYlZHk6xRu25LsusjGAZbZmTFtYY-68mP-mZTwFoBmcR-MVfmToXV8yhfa-Y4KfpVQ3iP0o.&token=eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IjA2MDBGOUY2NzQ2MjA3MzdFNzM0MDRFMjg3QzQ1QTgxOENCN0NFQjgiLCJ4NXQiOiJCZ0Q1OW5SaUJ6Zm5OQVRpaDhSYWdZeTN6cmciLCJ0eXAiOiJKV1QifQ.eyJ2ZXIiOiJFeGNoYW5nZS5DYWxsYmFjay5WMSIsImFwcGN0eHNlbmRlciI6Ik93YURvd25sb2FkQDg0ZGY5ZTdmLWU5ZjYtNDBhZi1iNDM1LWFhYWFhYWFhYWFhYSIsImFwcGN0eCI6IntcIm1zZXhjaHByb3RcIjpcIm93YVwiLFwicHJpbWFyeXNpZFwiOlwiUy0xLTI4MjctMzkzMjE2LTI0NjY2OTU1ODlcIixcInB1aWRcIjpcIjE2ODg4NTIzMjY5NTk1MjVcIixcIm9pZFwiOlwiMDAwNjAwMDAtOTMwNi1jOWE1LTAwMDAtMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwXCIsXCJzY29wZVwiOlwiT3dhRG93bmxvYWRcIn0iLCJuYmYiOjE1MzY1MjUyNTAsImV4cCI6MTUzNjUyNTg1MCwiaXNzIjoiMDAwMDAwMDItMDAwMC0wZmYxLWNlMDAtMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwQDg0ZGY5ZTdmLWU5ZjYtNDBhZi1iNDM1LWFhYWFhYWFhYWFhYSIsImF1ZCI6IjAwMDAwMDAyLTAwMDAtMGZmMS1jZTAwLTAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMC9hdHRhY2htZW50Lm91dGxvb2subGl2ZS5uZXRAODRkZjllN2YtZTlmNi00MGFmLWI0MzUtYWFhYWFhYWFhYWFhIn0.Jmq7poCQOk3lHQQztv2Ehjwzxriy1AeKJO8yt37f6qpIKGB5DN-YFvXVUWrzgHyUeGY7AJy1Bnl40vMbknDpTil3j7qm-fpTBOmmOlWCYqHKoxfNi283D4ySVeAC5c1mn5XzDnq83xtD4p7uvJWkImYx322CTkM-T4NsPlqfP60CZ0W7M5hGVqMzLAmpRX3iGME-dusw7bDvl2Jae3sNX3gVVun_tU01JBgJYMgWo8M48-2bOUdeFOUharTED5LVB51FZIonTMTmdoMoyjjfDiAtQb2pLSCzAqwTHLf1iQS27t6Uh9IAiBrtT-6Clw2zWPxYLGcKMmM_ZakjchdYNA&owa=outlook.live.com&isc=1" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://attachment.outlook.live.net/owa/gareth94@hotmail.co.uk/service.svc/s/GetAttachmentThumbnail?id=AQMkADAwATYwMAItOTMwNi1jOWE1LTAwAi0wMAoARgAAAwQdZ7vt2PhMmvvk04eWoRwHALdiJIKiQ1tFjzOTIpZ3AMoAAAIBDAAAALdiJIKiQ1tFjzOTIpZ3AMoAAfFIV5sAAAABEgAQAF%2B6FwxYHK5AgeZQ6FSIPo4%3D&thumbnailType=2&X-OWA-CANARY=Wi1_XYlZHk6xRu25LsusjGAZbZmTFtYY-68mP-mZTwFoBmcR-MVfmToXV8yhfa-Y4KfpVQ3iP0o.&token=eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IjA2MDBGOUY2NzQ2MjA3MzdFNzM0MDRFMjg3QzQ1QTgxOENCN0NFQjgiLCJ4NXQiOiJCZ0Q1OW5SaUJ6Zm5OQVRpaDhSYWdZeTN6cmciLCJ0eXAiOiJKV1QifQ.eyJ2ZXIiOiJFeGNoYW5nZS5DYWxsYmFjay5WMSIsImFwcGN0eHNlbmRlciI6Ik93YURvd25sb2FkQDg0ZGY5ZTdmLWU5ZjYtNDBhZi1iNDM1LWFhYWFhYWFhYWFhYSIsImFwcGN0eCI6IntcIm1zZXhjaHByb3RcIjpcIm93YVwiLFwicHJpbWFyeXNpZFwiOlwiUy0xLTI4MjctMzkzMjE2LTI0NjY2OTU1ODlcIixcInB1aWRcIjpcIjE2ODg4NTIzMjY5NTk1MjVcIixcIm9pZFwiOlwiMDAwNjAwMDAtOTMwNi1jOWE1LTAwMDAtMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwXCIsXCJzY29wZVwiOlwiT3dhRG93bmxvYWRcIn0iLCJuYmYiOjE1MzY1MjUyNTAsImV4cCI6MTUzNjUyNTg1MCwiaXNzIjoiMDAwMDAwMDItMDAwMC0wZmYxLWNlMDAtMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwQDg0ZGY5ZTdmLWU5ZjYtNDBhZi1iNDM1LWFhYWFhYWFhYWFhYSIsImF1ZCI6IjAwMDAwMDAyLTAwMDAtMGZmMS1jZTAwLTAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMC9hdHRhY2htZW50Lm91dGxvb2subGl2ZS5uZXRAODRkZjllN2YtZTlmNi00MGFmLWI0MzUtYWFhYWFhYWFhYWFhIn0.Jmq7poCQOk3lHQQztv2Ehjwzxriy1AeKJO8yt37f6qpIKGB5DN-YFvXVUWrzgHyUeGY7AJy1Bnl40vMbknDpTil3j7qm-fpTBOmmOlWCYqHKoxfNi283D4ySVeAC5c1mn5XzDnq83xtD4p7uvJWkImYx322CTkM-T4NsPlqfP60CZ0W7M5hGVqMzLAmpRX3iGME-dusw7bDvl2Jae3sNX3gVVun_tU01JBgJYMgWo8M48-2bOUdeFOUharTED5LVB51FZIonTMTmdoMoyjjfDiAtQb2pLSCzAqwTHLf1iQS27t6Uh9IAiBrtT-6Clw2zWPxYLGcKMmM_ZakjchdYNA&owa=outlook.live.com&isc=1" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lloyd, post: 400754, member: 2885"]Thank you for your reply. I've never actually heard of 'crystal sets' before! Something interesting for me to Google! Also interesting to hear you think it could have started out as a music cupboard... what would you think the reason was for the top surface being able to lift up? I don't think it could have housed something like a gramophone as there is no hole on the side to wind one? What were music cupboards intended for anyway? For some reason I am unable to attach good quality close-ups to this reply! I keep getting an error message that the images are too big! Even though they're under 1MB! I therefore attach two rather low quality versions to this message... I don't know if you're able to make some of the text out? [IMG]https://attachment.outlook.live.net/owa/gareth94@hotmail.co.uk/service.svc/s/GetAttachmentThumbnail?id=AQMkADAwATYwMAItOTMwNi1jOWE1LTAwAi0wMAoARgAAAwQdZ7vt2PhMmvvk04eWoRwHALdiJIKiQ1tFjzOTIpZ3AMoAAAIBDAAAALdiJIKiQ1tFjzOTIpZ3AMoAAfFIV5sAAAABEgAQAFLakcJ1Om1Pj4TFYJmCXUo%3D&thumbnailType=2&X-OWA-CANARY=Wi1_XYlZHk6xRu25LsusjGAZbZmTFtYY-68mP-mZTwFoBmcR-MVfmToXV8yhfa-Y4KfpVQ3iP0o.&token=eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IjA2MDBGOUY2NzQ2MjA3MzdFNzM0MDRFMjg3QzQ1QTgxOENCN0NFQjgiLCJ4NXQiOiJCZ0Q1OW5SaUJ6Zm5OQVRpaDhSYWdZeTN6cmciLCJ0eXAiOiJKV1QifQ.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.Jmq7poCQOk3lHQQztv2Ehjwzxriy1AeKJO8yt37f6qpIKGB5DN-YFvXVUWrzgHyUeGY7AJy1Bnl40vMbknDpTil3j7qm-fpTBOmmOlWCYqHKoxfNi283D4ySVeAC5c1mn5XzDnq83xtD4p7uvJWkImYx322CTkM-T4NsPlqfP60CZ0W7M5hGVqMzLAmpRX3iGME-dusw7bDvl2Jae3sNX3gVVun_tU01JBgJYMgWo8M48-2bOUdeFOUharTED5LVB51FZIonTMTmdoMoyjjfDiAtQb2pLSCzAqwTHLf1iQS27t6Uh9IAiBrtT-6Clw2zWPxYLGcKMmM_ZakjchdYNA&owa=outlook.live.com&isc=1[/IMG] [IMG]https://attachment.outlook.live.net/owa/gareth94@hotmail.co.uk/service.svc/s/GetAttachmentThumbnail?id=AQMkADAwATYwMAItOTMwNi1jOWE1LTAwAi0wMAoARgAAAwQdZ7vt2PhMmvvk04eWoRwHALdiJIKiQ1tFjzOTIpZ3AMoAAAIBDAAAALdiJIKiQ1tFjzOTIpZ3AMoAAfFIV5sAAAABEgAQAF%2B6FwxYHK5AgeZQ6FSIPo4%3D&thumbnailType=2&X-OWA-CANARY=Wi1_XYlZHk6xRu25LsusjGAZbZmTFtYY-68mP-mZTwFoBmcR-MVfmToXV8yhfa-Y4KfpVQ3iP0o.&token=eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IjA2MDBGOUY2NzQ2MjA3MzdFNzM0MDRFMjg3QzQ1QTgxOENCN0NFQjgiLCJ4NXQiOiJCZ0Q1OW5SaUJ6Zm5OQVRpaDhSYWdZeTN6cmciLCJ0eXAiOiJKV1QifQ.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.Jmq7poCQOk3lHQQztv2Ehjwzxriy1AeKJO8yt37f6qpIKGB5DN-YFvXVUWrzgHyUeGY7AJy1Bnl40vMbknDpTil3j7qm-fpTBOmmOlWCYqHKoxfNi283D4ySVeAC5c1mn5XzDnq83xtD4p7uvJWkImYx322CTkM-T4NsPlqfP60CZ0W7M5hGVqMzLAmpRX3iGME-dusw7bDvl2Jae3sNX3gVVun_tU01JBgJYMgWo8M48-2bOUdeFOUharTED5LVB51FZIonTMTmdoMoyjjfDiAtQb2pLSCzAqwTHLf1iQS27t6Uh9IAiBrtT-6Clw2zWPxYLGcKMmM_ZakjchdYNA&owa=outlook.live.com&isc=1[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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