This was when our family was still living in Illinois. The machine was not at my cousin's home, but her boyfriend's. As I said in my other post, the boyfriend's father worked for Stern, who apparently make cabinets that aren't in production available to employees, though I don't know the details on that. Just that her boyfriend boasted about the fact. This was all around twenty years ago, so both my cousin and I are going off of our memories. She told me when I talked to her that the cabinet being kept covered and unplugged was odd enough for her to be curious, but it didn't seem important. She remembers it was there for a while, and then it was gone, but never asked about where it went. I could try having her get in touch with the boyfriend, but they haven't been together for quite a few years, and honestly I don't even know if she would still have his contact information.