For those that get tired of stories from "back when I
was a new collector", you can tune out now. When I
started collecting in the early 70's, the only books
that were available were "Tinfoil to Stereo" first
printed in 1959 and "The Fabulous Phonograph" first
printed in 1954. I was introduced to both those books
by Ira Dueltgen. He had an extra copy of "The
Fabulous Phonograph" that he gave or sold me at a
modest price. I was disappointed to find out that
"Tinfoil" was out of print and I had to wait what
seemed like forever before the second edition was
available. When I was looking for the photo of the
Diamond Disk with the loud speaking attachment I
checked the inside cover and found that my copy came
through several collectors. On the inside cover it
says: "Received 1-13-66, Purchased from A. Nugent Jr.
3804 Charles City Rd. Richmond, Va. Property of H.
Claire Carpenter Sr. .... Sold to Ira Dueltgen by Mr.
Carpenter's widow .... Purchased from Ira by John
Davis in 1978 ... gift from John Davis to Jerry Blais
12-11-2006.
I sold my second edition copy of Tinfoil from a
posting on phono-l some time ago. We have so many
wonderful phonograph books. My only difficulty today
is trying to process so much information. Happy
collecting, Jerry Blais
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From appywan...@hotmail.com Tue Mar 11 19:13:03 2008
From: appywan...@hotmail.com (John Maeder)
Date: Tue Mar 11 19:13:13 2008
Subject: [Phono-L] Tinfoil To Stereo
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I am proud that Ken Blazier gave me his copy of 'From Tinfoil To Stereo' that
was given to him by Elmer Moore (a first generation Southern California
collector). Both their names are inside with dedications from each generation
to the next. Ken passed away earlier this winter, for those of you who may not
know. I also have Del Hahn's copy of 'Edison Cylinder Phonograph Companion'.
Del passed away early last year. Elmer was before my time in SoCal but heard
many stories about him. I knew Ken and Del well and thought very highly of
them both. I really treasure those books!
When I was a kid (I started collecting at age 10), I used to check a 1954
edition of 'Fabulous Phonograph' out of the Ft. Knox (Ky.) library. The
librarian told me I was the only person that had ever checked it out! On one
visit when I was about 13 or 14, she gave it to me stamped 'discarded'. I
still have it. Kind regards, John
> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:38:39 -0700
> From: deedeebl...@yahoo.com
> To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
> Subject: [Phono-L] Tinfoil To Stereo
>
> For those that get tired of stories from "back when I
> was a new collector", you can tune out now. When I
> started collecting in the early 70's, the only books
> that were available were "Tinfoil to Stereo" first
> printed in 1959 and "The Fabulous Phonograph" first
> printed in 1954. I was introduced to both those books
> by Ira Dueltgen. He had an extra copy of "The
> Fabulous Phonograph" that he gave or sold me at a
> modest price. I was disappointed to find out that
> "Tinfoil" was out of print and I had to wait what
> seemed like forever before the second edition was
> available. When I was looking for the photo of the
> Diamond Disk with the loud speaking attachment I
> checked the inside cover and found that my copy came
> through several collectors. On the inside cover it
> says: "Received 1-13-66, Purchased from A. Nugent Jr.
> 3804 Charles City Rd. Richmond, Va. Property of H.
> Claire Carpenter Sr. .... Sold to Ira Dueltgen by Mr.
> Carpenter's widow .... Purchased from Ira by John
> Davis in 1978 ... gift from John Davis to Jerry Blais
> 12-11-2006.
> I sold my second edition copy of Tinfoil from a
> posting on phono-l some time ago. We have so many
> wonderful phonograph books. My only difficulty today
> is trying to process so much information. Happy
> collecting, Jerry Blais
>
>
>
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From ander...@tampabay.rr.com Tue Mar 11 19:40:38 2008
From: ander...@tampabay.rr.com (Steve Andersen)
Date: Tue Mar 11 19:40:57 2008
Subject: [Phono-L] Tinfoil To Stereo
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Folks,
I started collecting in 1973. My two first books were also "From
Tinfoil to Stereo"(hardcover) and "The Fabulous
Phonograph" (softcover). About a year ago I purchased a hardcover "The
Fabulous Phonograph" just as a nice book for my library. I thought the
little black and white pics of phonographs in the "From Tinfoil" book
were so cool!
Steve
On Mar 11, 2008, at 10:13 PM, John Maeder wrote:
>
> I am proud that Ken Blazier gave me his copy of 'From Tinfoil To
> Stereo' that was given to him by Elmer Moore (a first generation
> Southern California collector). Both their names are inside with
> dedications from each generation to the next. Ken passed away
> earlier this winter, for those of you who may not know. I also have
> Del Hahn's copy of 'Edison Cylinder Phonograph Companion'. Del
> passed away early last year. Elmer was before my time in SoCal but
> heard many stories about him. I knew Ken and Del well and thought
> very highly of them both. I really treasure those books!
>
> When I was a kid (I started collecting at age 10), I used to check a
> 1954 edition of 'Fabulous Phonograph' out of the Ft. Knox (Ky.)
> library. The librarian told me I was the only person that had ever
> checked it out! On one visit when I was about 13 or 14, she gave it
> to me stamped 'discarded'. I still have it. Kind regards, John
>
>> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:38:39 -0700
>> From: deedeebl...@yahoo.com
>> To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
>> Subject: [Phono-L] Tinfoil To Stereo
>>
>> For those that get tired of stories from "back when I
>> was a new collector", you can tune out now. When I
>> started collecting in the early 70's, the only books
>> that were available were "Tinfoil to Stereo" first
>> printed in 1959 and "The Fabulous Phonograph" first
>> printed in 1954. I was introduced to both those books
>> by Ira Dueltgen. He had an extra copy of "The
>> Fabulous Phonograph" that he gave or sold me at a
>> modest price. I was disappointed to find out that
>> "Tinfoil" was out of print and I had to wait what
>> seemed like forever before the second edition was
>> available. When I was looking for the photo of the
>> Diamond Disk with the loud speaking attachment I
>> checked the inside cover and found that my copy came
>> through several collectors. On the inside cover it
>> says: "Received 1-13-66, Purchased from A. Nugent Jr.
>> 3804 Charles City Rd. Richmond, Va. Property of H.
>> Claire Carpenter Sr. .... Sold to Ira Dueltgen by Mr.
>> Carpenter's widow .... Purchased from Ira by John
>> Davis in 1978 ... gift from John Davis to Jerry Blais
>> 12-11-2006.
>> I sold my second edition copy of Tinfoil from a
>> posting on phono-l some time ago. We have so many
>> wonderful phonograph books. My only difficulty today
>> is trying to process so much information. Happy
>> collecting, Jerry Blais
>>
>>
>>
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