Atocha Design LP Storage Cabinets

thase13

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I have ordered but not yet received these shelves from Stan Pike> They are less expensive than the beautiful Atocha cabinets.

The joinery and inlay detailing looks gorgeous! That would be a marvelous addition to any home. Enjoy!
 

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Dear Ron,

Just my taste but this stuff looks boring and mundane. Why don't you look for something in Europe or have custom units built there and have it shipped over. IME unless you're willing to pay through the nose US sucks for furniture.

david

I think it looks a like a dumpy dresser. But I disagree with needing to order from Europe. There are lots of custom makers of all kinds of things in the US, that can make amazing things.

You can hire an architect you like locally to design the cabinet for you and have your contractor build it if you don't want to deal with shipping from overseas. This stuff isn't rocket science to build, you just need the right design.

david

That's insane. That's like hiring an auto engineer to instruct your mechanic through the physical movements of how to change the spark plugs on your car when he already knows the ft/lb amount.

Ron,

Go to a cabinet maker, like for custom kitchens. Look at some photos on the net and find something you like. The cabinet maker should be able to use any hardwood you like. They usually work with a finisher and will come out measure too and deliver & install.

Best advise so far... I could easily make my own, but the point being that you can have amazing forever wood that is exactly what you want, and doesn't look like a dumpy dresser. Kcin's are pretty awesome. Although I'd prefer all wood & not sure about the casters except for moving. If you can't tell it appears like they are drawers that pull in and out, which is a big win IMO.

I don't like trying to read splines, it's not possible on a lot of albums.




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Thank you, Folsom. But I am really quite happy with Jenn's cabinets in blackened walnut with a steel, black power-coated base and brushed nickel pull handles.
 

LL21

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Ron,

Go to a cabinet maker, like for custom kitchens. Look at some photos on the net and find something you like. The cabinet maker should be able to use any hardwood you like. They usually work with a finisher and will come out measure too and deliver & install.

Thank you, Roger, but I don’t see the point in reinventing the wheel when these are designed to hold heavy batches of LPs.

If I can make them more contemporary with a black finish and a steel base I am happy with these.

Interesting...we went to a custom kitchen cabinet designer (who is also an avid audiophile) to make our equipment rack (sapele butterfly veneers, 4" thick shelves, piano gloss wood, 1.5" slate base)

And then, like Ron, went with a guy who already manufacturers cabinetry for medical equipment (whose drawers fit 6" CD cases perfectly). Just for comparison, the custom kitchen guy designed something for 1500 CDs...but the medical cabinet manufacturer managed to get over 4,000 CDs of storage in the exact same volume!
 

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Hey I just wanted to jump in here, as the owner of an Atocha piece- I love her furniture, and use it to house 1/2 of our vinyl collection. We've had The Record Stand (a vertical storage unit) for years, and I can speak to the durability and weight of this piece. This furniture is going to last forever.

I am the designer of Koeppel Design products mentioned earlier in this thread, (thanks for the mention, KeithR!) and we've worked with Atocha Design on a number of custom client projects, and we can happily customize our dividers to any shelving or cabinet. If Jenn knows you plan to use our dividers, we'll work together to make sure the combination works perfectly together. Quite a few clients of ours have Atocha cabinets, and they are really beautiful and well made. I can't say enough about the work!

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Ron Resnick

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Hey I just wanted to jump in here, as the owner of an Atocha piece- I love her furniture, and use it to house 1/2 of our vinyl collection. We've had The Record Stand (a vertical storage unit) for years, and I can speak to the durability and weight of this piece. This furniture is going to last forever.

I am the designer of Koeppel Design products mentioned earlier in this thread, (thanks for the mention, KeithR!) and we've worked with Atocha Design on a number of custom client projects, and we can happily customize our dividers to any shelving or cabinet. If Jenn knows you plan to use our dividers, we'll work together to make sure the combination works perfectly together. Quite a few clients of ours have Atocha cabinets, and they are really beautiful and well made. I can't say enough about the work!

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Thank you, Kate, for writing! Your products and Jenn’s products are a perfect match!
 

Ron Resnick

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A picture is worth a thousand words...

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Frame clearance is tight on both the upper and lower LP drawer compartments. Tabbed dividers are a non-starter with the drawers in the stock configuration.

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Also note the protruding screwheads... I originally covered them with adhesive felt pads but incessantly worried that they applied too much direct contact pressure on the LP surface so I ended up purchasing wooden tabbed dividers from Amazon and snapping off the tabs. Additionally, the CD storage drawers are the width of two jewel cases with approximately 2 inches to spare and also suffer from top side clearance issues on most cd box sets. You can't stack hinged end up because the drawers are too shallow. Consequently, you'll be looking down on the translucent top edge of your jewel cases.

I must add that this is not Ikea-quality furniture, this can be categorized as OMFG, hernia-inducing, "I-think-I'm-lifting-a-f'ing-elephant" furniture. Staircases are not your friend in this case.

thase13,

When you experienced the protruding screw heads impacting the cover of the first LP in the drawer are you sure your LPs were not packed tightly in the drawer?

The natural position of the records in the drawer if the drawer is not full seems to be that they lean back. So why would the first LP be leaning forward in such a way as to be impinged by the heads of the screws fastening the drawer pull?
 

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thase13,

When you experienced the protruding screw heads impacting the cover of the first LP in the drawer are you sure your LPs were not packed tightly in the drawer?

The natural position of the records in the drawer if the drawer is not full seems to be that they lean back. So why would the first LP be leaning forward in such a way as to be impinged by the heads of the screws fastening the drawer pull?

No, you are correct sir, the ideal natural position of the records in the drawer is with the records relaxed toward the rear. However, I think there is some scientific law (similar to that entropy thing) that states that all record storage will eventually tend toward exceeding full capacity :). What I can tell you is that somebody in our household keeps buying records; my wife and I have yet to identify the culprit but records keep showing up at our front door. The odd thing is that this unknown person keeps using my name to place the orders so the boxes that keep showing up on our doorstep have my name on them. When my wife asks, my confusion is so profound that all I can manage to utter is "hummenna, hummenna, hummenna..."

On a more serious note, I do agree that the ideal implementation would be to leave ample room to allow the front portion of the stack to provide backward resistance to the remainder of the stack. It seems that the problem I've experienced occurs once you fill the drawer past the 1/2-way point and force a larger part of the back end of the stack to be stored vertically. Once you've crossed this Rubicon, when you pull open the drawer on the eazy-glide rollers, the action causes a slight weight shift that tilts the entire stack forward. It is this repeated action that will eventually cause the first LP to make contact with the protruding screw heads.
 

Ron Resnick

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Obviously somebody you know is engaged in a serious fraudulent enterprise. Ordering LPs in your name? How dare he/she! What is this world coming to?

I hope that culprit is apprehended so you can prove to your wife that you had nothing to do with it!
 

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You can also just put in a plastic divider in the front.
 

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how big is your record collection Ron ? These pretty cabinets look like they will work great for small collections.

I don’t know. Not big, I think. I have a lot of LPs but most of them are back-up copies and various versions of the same 100 or so titles.

This cabinet will be for only my open LPs. All sealed LPs will be stored in a closet in the hallway outside of the listening room.
 

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Ron you're similar to me. I maybe have 200 by now. And what's funny is I'm trying to buy more I like! I go to the local place and sit and the listening station with a pile of albums all the time. Also I try to grab a second copy, but I only have that for a few so far as some are uncommon, and it's sort of a pain getting used ones online and being satisfied with everyone's grading.
 

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how big is your record collection Ron ? These pretty cabinets look like they will work great for small collections.

Just curious. Who would you inherit your vinyl treasures to Christian?

My psychic said we were past life relative.

Tang:D
 

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Just curious. Who would you inherit your vinyl treasures to Christian?

My psychic said we were past life relative.

Tang:D

I have no children and that's not likely to change at 56 years of age. Excellent question. Hopefully I get 30+ years to figure that out. ;)
Maybe we can enjoy them in the after life ?
 

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I have no children and that's not likely to change at 56 years of age. Excellent question. Hopefully I get 30+ years to figure that out. ;)
Maybe we can enjoy them in the after life ?

Take the records with you just leave me the Ferraris:)

david
 

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