One or two of these videos may turn up on ebay - I am in the process of converting all my VHS tapes to DVD, and am disposing of the VHS copies. I think I also have one of the Dennis Valente tapes that I will be converting also; I think it has to do with rebuilding Victor Exhibition reproducers, if I remember right. I also have a tape that I made of Dave Heitz' collection. I had the wonderful opportunity of a private showing of his collectin on my thirtieth birthday. The tape is rather 'homemeade' but the machines are magnificent. Now that the collection has been cast to the four winds, I might see if I can make a quality DVD of that tape. I had promised Dave that the owner of the collection would remain secret, because he didn't want everyone knowing what he had, and he didn't want it to be broadcast all around, but now that he is gone and the collection is dispersed, I would think that it is ok. It was a wonderful thing to see his collection in his house and barn-museum, and it was very generous of him to open it to me. My friend Charley, owner of an antique phonograph shop called 'The Place' in Bristol, PA (Charley used to answer the phone, "This is The Place") got me the invitation, and I took a collector friend with me and Charley met us there. Anyone on the board know Charley or his store? He was a great guy, and his shop was a haunt for me. He sold me my first original Cygnet crane for $75 or so, and he gave me machines to work on as I learned how to do so. Some of my repairs he had to go over and refine, as I was just learning, but I will never forget him entrusting me with Homes and Standards to fix. I would love to go back to those times and his shop, and hang out and talk phonographs with him. Well, this is longer than I meant it to be - sometimes trips down memory lane become tangents! This gives me an idea - I would like to hear from you guys about who was your first influence in the field of phonograph collecting/repairing. Could be an interesting thread! John Robles srsel...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 11/10/2006 2:30:08 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, appywan...@hotmail.com writes:
There was a series of video visits to collections made by Mark Ulano of Los Angeles in the late 1980's-early 1990's. Mark is a CAPS member and won an Oscar for sound for 'Titanic'. A few years ago when ARSC was in Santa Barbara for their Conference Mark came down and I asked him if there were plans to reissue the tapes on DVD. He said he thought maybe some day but he was too busy. The project started with an hour long documentary on Phono collectors titled "Talking Furniture". It was priced at about $40.00 and was quitre expensive and didn't sell well then. Next came the series of (I think 9 VHs hour long tapes titled "The Great Collections" at $19.95 each. There was one on Allen K's collection, Howard Hazelcorn's Collection, Ray Phillps Collection, John Woodward's Collection and one titled "The Tin Foil Collection". I don't remember the others. I do have the set (well most of them) but haven't played in years. I was really surprised that no one got the rights to reissue on DVD. THey could easily be compressed onto a few DVDs with Indexing by machine. But, again, Mark wasn't interested. And I don't EVER remember these tapes showing up on ebay. Steve _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list Phono-L@oldcrank.org Phono-L Archive http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ Support Phono-L http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank
