What a difference between Frick and Miller. Miller sold NOS and original parts
while Frick sold such horrible crap. His peach can horns are a great example
of that.
Dave
--- On Sun, 9/2/12, Steven Medved steve_nor...@msn.com wrote:
From: Steven Medved steve_nor...@msn.com
Subject: [Phono-L] Old time dealers
To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
Date: Sunday, September 2, 2012, 3:02 PM
I dealt with Gene Ballard who was a skilled machinist and wonderful to deal
with. I remember Frick and Miller. Steve
To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
From: zonophone2...@aol.com
Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2012 10:13:43 -0400
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Thank you and this week on eBay...
What a name from the past
i have not heard of karl frick in years
i mostly bought back then from neuwman miller
and al just wondered what ever happened to your clock work home
did you sell it to the oliphants
thanks for all you and george did on edison
zono
-Original Message-
From: clockworkhome clockworkh...@aol.com
To: phono-l phono-l@oldcrank.org
Sent: Sat, Sep 1, 2012 5:28 pm
Subject: [Phono-L] Thank you and this week on eBay...
I humbly say thank you to those who sent me a compliment.
This week on eBay there were several reasons why I wrote my Master Thesis on
Edison machines then worked with George Frow to do the book.
Item 1 was a rare 200 thread per inch feedscrew and record mandrel from an M
electric that allowed it to play Amberol records ! ! ! This seller doesn't
know that even Edison could not make that work so a planetary gear was used
on
the 100 TPI feedscrew for the 200 TPI records. But since he pulled the
mandrel
and feedscrew off of an M and the threads looked more fine to his eyes that
is
what ended up in the listing. It's an M mandrel ! ! !
Item 2 was a rare two piece Fireside Horn reproduction. This is one of the
peach can Bondo Frick's Freaks horns. I am surprised it hasn't come apart so
someone had to take good care of it for the last 50 years. Karl cut out the
screw caps from cooking oil cans to make the screw connection between the two
pieces of the horn. The caps were rather narrow to the horn is slim until
after
the connection then the 'bloom' on the bell is rapid. Viewed from the side
it
just looks odd at best.
Item 3 is a Standard with a broken reproducer limit pin and broken stylus bar
diaphragm link. I contacted the seller and was told, Every thing is there
and
it all works!
I guess I must be like Don Quixote jousting with windmills.
Best wishes everyone,
Al
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