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I am the lucky owner of a family heirloom that I just received this
week.  The Olympia #5 is in mint condition.  It had belonged to my
grandparents and was played only at the holidays and when we would
visit them in New York.  My grandfather probably bought it at auction
in the 1930s or 40s and I remember it in the 1960s and 70s.

Unfortunately, when my grandfather passed away and the music box was
sent to my mother, the movers never looked into the lower cabinet where
over 50 zinc 15.5" discs were stored.  You can imagine how banged and
bumped the sprocket holes were when the discs arrived in Chicago.
Most of the discs have cracked or broken sprocket holes on a 3" spread.
Besides that they are in prefect condition.  There is very little
oxidation and the tune holes seem undamaged.

I have read some information about using copper to solder small support
pieces to the sprockets. Is this advisable?  Could I damage the mechanism
by playing repaired discs. I have done some jewelry soldering so I think
I could give it a try, but I was wondering if others had tried it.
Or, is there any company making reproduction discs that fit this box?

Thanks for any help you can give.
Lorette Dodt