Re: [Phono-L] Victor Puzzle Record

2010-10-27 Thread bruce78rpm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozPct-CiZK4 Here is the Conundrum being demonstrated on Youtube. Bruce - Original Message - From: Douglas Houston cdh...@earthlink.net To: Antique Phonograph List phono-l@oldcrank.org Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 12:50:40 AM Subject: Re:

Re: [Phono-L] Victor Puzzle Record

2010-10-27 Thread bruce78rpm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhZQpFKLuEE Here is a real early one from 1901. The Fortune Telling record, one song and two Fortunes. Bruce - Original Message - From: Vinyl Visions vinyl.visi...@live.com To: phono-l@oldcrank.org Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 12:06:04 AM

Re: [Phono-L] Victor Puzzle Record

2010-10-27 Thread Bob V.
Hi Bruce, I learned something new today. I've never heard or seen one of those records before. We can all speculate as to how it was done but I'd rather know who had the imagination to think up the idea. Must have ben a hot shot in the Victor marketing department. Bob V -Original

Re: [Phono-L] Victor Puzzle Record

2010-10-27 Thread Vinyl Visions
Hi Allen, Thanks for the info. I had no idea that they went back to the Berliner era. Curt From: allena...@aol.com Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:38:22 -0400 To: phono-l@oldcrank.org Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Victor Puzzle Record In a message dated 10/27/2010 12:06:17 A.M. Eastern Daylight

Re: [Phono-L] Victor Puzzle Record

2010-10-27 Thread Vinyl Visions
You are right... someone must have done this for some marketing/technology demonstration. From: rvu...@comcast.net To: phono-l@oldcrank.org Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 08:39:42 -0400 Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Victor Puzzle Record Hi Bruce, I learned something new today. I've never heard or

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2010-10-27 Thread Mario Frazzetto
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Re: [Phono-L] Victor Puzzle Record

2010-10-27 Thread Vinyl Visions
Hi Doug, Thanks for the information. I was aware that these existed, but never saw one until recently. Curt From: cdh...@earthlink.net To: phono-l@oldcrank.org Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:50:40 -0400 Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Victor Puzzle Record There seems to be lot of conjecture about

Re: [Phono-L] Victor Puzzle Record

2010-10-27 Thread Vinyl Visions
This one is very interesting - wish I could find one. Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:31:27 + From: bruce78...@comcast.net To: phono-l@oldcrank.org Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Victor Puzzle Record http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhZQpFKLuEE Here is a real early one from 1901. The Fortune

Re: [Phono-L] Victor Puzzle Record

2010-10-27 Thread Douglas Houston
Yep, somebody had a sense of humor, all right. It would have been tricky. The groove pitch had to be set to 1/3 the normal pitch, and each groove start 120 degrees apart around the periphery of the disc. The grooves then, are interwoven (in a sense of the word). The six selections on the disc are