Because of that chance occurrence, Lin began to take special notice of shops selling gramophones. Antique shops in Taipei those days were concentrated along Pate Road, Antung Street, Chunghsiao East Road, and a section of Aikuo East Road. Lin could be found in all of these places, and on and off from 1977 to 1981, he collected almost 40 gramophones.
就因為那次機緣，林本博開始注意留聲機市場，當時古物商集中的台北八德路、安東街、忠孝東路、愛國東路一帶，都可以看到他的身影，從一九七七到八一年，他陸續收藏了近四十部留聲機。