long. Yahoo is abandoning these mailing list type
groups.
Ron L
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Wright via Phono-L
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2019 3:39 PM
To: Antique Phonograph List
Cc: Robert Wright
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Columbia Gr
Anyone? No one here knows about these Columbia electric motors? I would be
shocked if that were true!
On Oct 25, 2019, at 5:35 PM, Robert Wright via Phono-L
wrote:
> Hello, all! Got a question on behalf of a lovely couple I get this weekend
> regarding a big, beautiful Columbia Gra
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and good luck. Keep me posted on what you learn,
Andrew Baron
Santa Fe, NM
On Sep 12, 2019, at 7:47 AM, Robert Wright via Phono-L
mailto:phono-l@oldcrank.org>> wrote:
Hello to all! I hope someone can help me with this incredibly annoying problem:
the speed indicator mech of one of my Cred
Hello to all! I hope someone can help me with this incredibly annoying problem:
the speed indicator mech of one of my Credenza X's chatters at 78rpm It's fine
at 80, it's fine at 90 (I have a Hughes adapter I use for Pathé verticals), and
it's fine below 77. But right at 78 to 79rpm, it
Thanks as always, phono friends! Always grateful for this resource!
Best,
Robert
On Jul 15, 2019, at 10:50 AM, Robert Wright via Phono-L
wrote:
> And how easy is it to fix?
>
> https://photos.app.goo.gl/w4QGVpMLNGHUuksx9
>
> Thanks in ad
And how easy is it to fix?
https://photos.app.goo.gl/w4QGVpMLNGHUuksx9
Thanks in advance!
Robert
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lly goes very fast and easy
> once you collect all the materials. Google can find the Behlen products.
> https://www.shellac.net/ <-buglac source & Behlen products
>
> --Rich
>
> On 1/13/19 5:17 AM, Robert Wright via Phono-L wrote:
>> I'm s
gt; type of finish that has a elastic like consistency.
>
> --Rich
>
> On 1/11/19 3:39 PM, Robert Wright via Phono-L wrote:
>> Thanks (again) Ron! I ended up using dish soap and a toothbrush to get
>> most of it removed, but I'll try the WD-40 method. My main concern was
>> th
product or finishing
technique. It is used as a generic term to describe a finishing material
that contains some type of oil. In many cases it will be a non-drying
type of finish that has a elastic like consistency.
--Rich
On 1/11/19 3:39 PM, Robert Wright via Phono-L wrote:
> Thanks (again) Ron
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Of Robert Wright via Phono-L
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2019 4:39 PM
To: Antique Phonograph List
Cc: Robert Wright
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Credenza X and VE8-12X coming along!
Thanks (again) Ron! I ended up using dish soap and a toothbrush to get most of
it removed,
Thanks (again) Ron! I ended up using dish soap and a toothbrush to get most of
it removed, but I'll try the WD-40 method. My main concern was that the arms
that move with the tonearm didn't move easily at all, but I think the hot water
I was using melted away a good bit of the gunk that was
Happy December, friends! Thanks again for the help with my recently-acquired
8-12. George V did the mounting bracket to be like new while Walt is working on
the reproducer.
I also stumbled upon a Credenza X with a good bit of cabinet damage and no
reproducer, but with a clean motor and
in a transformer to prevent movement
and hum.
Jim Nichol
On Nov 20, 2018, at 1:15 AM, Robert Wright via Phono-L
mailto:phono-l@oldcrank.org>> wrote:
Thank you, Mike! Hahaha, my phone's speech-to-text function butchers what I
tell it so frequently that I read right through your 'mess' no problem.
ollema
for the tone arm bracket? I understand that Wyatt Marcus is doing really good
Orth reproducer rebuilds.
Ron L
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Behalf Of Robert Wright via Phono-L
Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2018 9:03 PM
To
cer rebuilds.
Ron L
From: Phono-L
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Behalf Of Robert Wright via Phono-L
Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2018 9:03 PM
To: Phono L
Cc: Robert Wright
Subject: [Phono-L] Victor VE8-12X tonearm mounting bracket
Hey everyon
Vollema
for the tone arm bracket? I understand that Wyatt Marcus is doing really good
Orth reproducer rebuilds.
Ron L
From: Phono-L [mailto:phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org] On Behalf Of Robert Wright
via Phono-L
Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2018 9:03 PM
To: Phono L
Cc: Robert Wright
Subject: [Phono
Hey everyone, hope all is well with you folks! I need a whole new tonearm
mounting bracket assembly for a Victor VE8-12X that I just got. This one is
totally and utterly wrecked. Anyone know who's selling repros? Ron Sitko? JAS?
Anyone have current contact info for a dealer who would have some?
Bob, the other name you're looking for is Nauck, Kurt Nauck, purveyor of one of
the best vintage record auctions on the planet. :-) Among other things, Kurt
provided the hundreds of hi-res label pictures on the included CD-ROM.
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 14:59:07 -0700
From:
a wad of money at Kurt this month!
Nonetheless, again, thank you for keeping me on your list. May you and your
family have a wonderful and safe holiday season!
Best Regards,Robert Wright
From: hawth...@thoseoldrecords.com
To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 17:26:43 -0800
Subject
I have a couple of those, I believe.
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:52:05 -0700
From: nickja...@gmail.com
To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Request information on Bohumir Kryl - cornetist
Anybody have or seen a Columbia 4-minute WAX - ribs molded inside and
all...
of? Or the actual
mastering speed.
On 07/11/2011 09:13 PM, Robert Wright wrote:
Not sure, I know that 33.3rpm was determined (at random) by some readily
available reduction gears that were applied to the electric 78rpm motors of
the day, or so I have heard/read regarding Pict-ur-music
Very interesting! I've wondered how many steps in Edison's gold-moulded and/or
Blue Amberol manufacturing process(es) are still reflected in today's disc
manufacturing. I tend to think electroplating would only effect a negligible
difference in the finished cylinder's diameter -- if for no
It would indeed, Glenn! Rich's last comment helped me understand this -- one
of the original questions was regarding playback rpm, so I've been thinking in
terms of concert pitch, which wouldn't be affected by shrinkage, instead of
lateral pitch, i.e., the lines per inch, which certainly
Granted. I was seeking the answer to a different question entirely.
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:00:40 -0500
From: rich-m...@octoxol.com
To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] shrinking cylinder speed?
I think that was my original point. Shooting a flea with an atomic cannon...
I thought that had more to do with the plaster core swelling where it wouldn't
fit fully onto the mandrel. Has anyone tried those short sandpaper'd clubs
they sell on eBay that are supposed to be precisely lathed to match Edison
mandrels so you can bore out the inside of a swollen plaster
Hi all, quick question after a long absence: if a given point along the
circumference of a cylinder passes a fixed position exactly 160 times per
minute, why would the pitch change? Even if it shrunk to half its size, but was
still played at 160 rpm, the wavelengths of the recorded frequencies
that, how did Edison
Co. determine 160 RPM?
On 07/11/2011 05:20 PM, Robert Wright wrote:
Hi all, quick question after a long absence: if a given point along the
circumference of a cylinder passes a fixed position exactly 160 times per
minute, why would the pitch change? Even if it shrunk
I have a BP and two Black Swans, but I'm getting ready to move and I don't know
exactly where they are at the moment! They sound like pretty much any Gennett
race record. It's that the owner of the record label was African-American, I
think, that makes them a bigger deal than other race
Those are great questions -- I'd love to know as well.
To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
From: out...@aol.com
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:54:46 -0500
Subject: [Phono-L] Let us not forget
I would be interested in any information on the Let Us Not Forget
records--both Diamond Disc and
Count this as just one more of a long list of recommendations for this book.
It is absolutely stunning, across the board, and a vast improvement on what was
already my favorite Victor book bar none. Just the added touch of printing
details in charts with the color of the detail's associated
I think the ear is always a reliable guide in terms of voices sounding natural.
Billy Murray had such a prolific career precisely because he sounded so high
and tinny during a period where that was the only kind of voice that would
cleanly project through the medium (without being the world's
That would certainly be a hard calendar to use, having only one page and that
page being behind glass in a frame. Not to restate the already obvious, but
everything about this picture looks stages to me. He looks quite healthy,
frankly. Guess I'll have to go to wikipedia to find out the
So once again, eBay's Resolution Center proved to be the pathetic, worthless
joke it always is? I have never had even one single claim be met with anything
but form letters and messages from the utterly confused, much less resolved.
Best,
Robert
From: phonowo...@hotmail.com
To:
Thanks for sharing this, Don. This is all I need to know about the man. I
realize that dishing dirt on sellers may seem beneath some of us here (the
only explanation I can come up with for the somewhat precious way the subject
of this seller is being treated by some of us), but as far as I'm
Hello all, please forgive the personal missive. Steve, could you check your
spam folder for me? I sent you an email off-list last week. I'll resend it
just in case. I have a question for you and perhaps some work if you're
interested. Thanks much!
Best,Robert
I have one from Australia from around that time, 12 78rpm, that has 6 outcomes
per side. What do you think it is?
Best,
R.
From: vinyl.visi...@live.com
To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 23:23:38 -0500
Subject: [Phono-L] Horse Race Puzzle Record
I just bought what I think
of the
sheelac discs. It wasn't long after that that Dr. Goldmark (CBS) launched
his LP discs.
[Original Message]
From: Robert Wright esrobe...@hotmail.com
To: Phono L phono-l@oldcrank.org
Date: 11/20/2010 12:01:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Really Vinyl?
Actually, the Victor Home
Lol, I was just thinking that.
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:53:18 -0800
From: smst...@gmail.com
To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Think streaming internet music is new? Check out this
phonograph service from 1910...
Can we keep this on a even keel. I am oldcranky. Steven is
I think the Victor picture discs had something more durable than what the HotW
discs used. It's like a clear/hazy vinyl surface, easy to see and get a feel
for if you have a broken Victor PD. Vinyl certainly existed in the 30's,
didn't it?
From: maxbu...@wowway.com
To:
Yup, the vinyl modern records are made from has been around way longer than
Victor picture discs, and BFGoodrich got it to be fully functional in 1926, see
below:
PVC was accidentally discovered at least twice in the 19th century, first in
1835 by Henri Victor Regnault and in 1872 by Eugen
Actually, the Victor Home Recordings discs are straight up modern vinyl in
every perceivable way -- exactly as flexible and plasticky as today's records.
And those were what, 1929? Vitrolac, MGM's Metrolite, and other branded
fomulations were part vinyl, part shellac-type something-or-other,
sizing. The Record Ranger picked up a 7 victor
that was flexible. Teasing me to get it first Vinyl he says and rare. The
label was from the 20's. Could be wrong about any or all of it. Damn I
wanted that record.
Mike
Oldcranky
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Robert Wright esrobe
Now that's my kind of fetish!
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Date: Thursday, November 18, 2010 10:03:35 pm
To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
From: Vinyl Visions vinyl.visi...@live.com
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] contact info requested
Oh, you discovered my kinky side... vinyl visions is phono related. Vogue
Wow, I've never seen an adaptor like that, other than the Brunswick Ultona
3-way tonearm. All the adaptors I've ever seen fit Edison phono's to play
lateral 78's. Be nice to have both! Anyone have a picture of the type of
adaptor David's asking about?
Best,Robert
To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
I found your ramble VERY interesting, and I'm glad you choose to share this
with us!
Best,
Robert
From: edisonphonowo...@hotmail.com
To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:16:00 -0500
Subject: [Phono-L] Changes and observations making wax.
I have lost count now, of how
Glenn,
Could you post a clip of the audio on your website?
Best,
Robert
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 13:49:43 -0700
From: majesticrec...@snet.net
To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
Subject: [Phono-L] 8 Operaphone - 1714
I tried this question on 78-l but got no response. This list tends to have
Not to blow your mind or burst your bubble, but there are those among us
unfortunate enough to have never been to a Union show. I've heard about them
for all my adult years, but never had the money when I was available, and never
available when I had the money. Maybe this will be the year!
That totally sucks, John. I'm sorry you had that happen, and I'm sure a lot of
us feel your pain. For what it's worth, any time I make a deal on craigslist,
I immediately get the money part out of the way, either through PayPal or even
overnighting a check; I make sure the seller can't back
I think a lot of us may have seemed to have better luck than most, and better
luck in past days than more recently, because we used to pretty much deal with
other collectors, and only occasionally dealt with people who didn't know much
about what they were selling. Collectors aren't
Welcome, Gabriel!
I love those Lioret machines. Regarding your Bettini reproducers, if anyone on
the planet can answer your questions, it's these folks.
Best,
Robert
From: gabrielma...@telefonica.net
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:04:49 +0100
To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
Subject: [Phono-L] New
Maybe they figured they could use an electric pump to run water into the pipe
T-fitting to wash the signal path for the cleanest sound possible. Obviously
the hole was cut to drain into a bucket. Did you get the bucket in the deal?
An eBay seller told me those Credenza buckets are worth a
Somebody got TAKEN. That's all there is to it. But the truth is that if the
buyer didn't know any better, he'll probably never find out the truth, so for
him, who knows, maybe he'll enjoy it $2000 worth. I think it highly unlikely
that someone who'd spend that kind of money on that...
Not that the pictures are too revealing, nor my distant memory, but the only
machines I've ever seen like this one looked exactly the same as this.
Having not seen any pictures of an authentic version, I too, was still
thinking that parts of this machine were not original.
Did
Antique is a moving target, and I think it always has been. Regarding its
legal definition for purposes of insurance claims against shipping damage, Rich
is right, it does need to be clearly stated, though I think 100 years is too
many, personally. I've also found more than one source saying
I agree mostly... I won't blame facebook for young ppl losing verbal skills.
All that stuff comes from parents any way you slice it. But plenty of ppl have
been fired or driven out of work situations from things they posted. I think
at some point there will be a law established against
I don't know about tariffs, but I've always understood the definition of
antique to mean 25 years or older, not 100. A 1920 phonograph is an antique
by any definition.
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 15:26:39 -0600
From: rich-m...@octoxol.com
To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
Subject: Re: [Phono-L]
.
Robert Wright wrote:
I don't know about tariffs, but I've always understood the definition of
antique to mean 25 years or older, not 100. A 1920 phonograph is an
antique by any definition.
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 15:26:39 -0600
From: rich-m...@octoxol.com
To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
Wow. What a waste of energy, getting so defensive over a definition.
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 22:20:31 -0600
From: rich-m...@octoxol.com
To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Shipping phonographs
The antique car crowd has very different ideas on what constitutes and
antique
ONLY use denatured alcohol on Edison Diamond Discs, and use it ONLY on Edison
Diamond Discs. Yes, alcohol in any form will indeed eat the top layer off
shellac records, including the thin, lateral-cut Edison Needle-Cut discs,
which are virtually identical to most shellac 78's.
The surface of
Wow. What a kind thing to do, John. Restores a bit of faith in mankind! Way
to go.
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:16:23 -0800
From: john9...@pacbell.net
To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] What did I buy? Ebay item 220523099867
I wrote to the seller to gently educate her on
I wasn't referring to you, John. I was referring to individuals who live in
the 60's in terms of racial prejudice, of which I encounter many in my
day-to-day life here in the South, who come up with (and believe in) even
wackier stuff than this. My apologies for not being clearer.
Best,
Good point, Rich. Actually, Les Docks (the Record Pricing Guide guy) told me
that in his native Michigan, it was what he considered a hotbed of Klan
activity. I found that astounding. I suppose, just like smart, kind, and
gracious people, stupid people are everywhere too!
Bless their
a soft,
dry cloth.
Don
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From: Robert Wright esrobe...@hotmail.com
To: Phono L phono-l@oldcrank.org
Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Never thought it would happen to me
SURELY you must mean WITHOUT pumice, Don. No one
Well, here in the South, I would imagine the more you see something, the less
you question it, of course... K's are on all all kindsa products down here and
have been certainly since the late 1800's. There's just as much chance it was
totally innocent and well-meaning as any other
Yeah, I was gonna have to call that one -- why on earth would anyone attempt to
dampen vibrations in an acoustic playback system?
From: maxbu...@wowway.com
To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:15:27 -0500
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Edison S-19-SM - reproducer gaskets
In the
They all kinda pale after that one, don't they? :)
From: jay.horenst...@gmail.com
What? No image of Jesus?
_
With Windows Live, you can organize, edit, and share your photos.
http://www.windowslive.com/Desktop/PhotoGallery
Been meaning to post this for a few days now...
I was recently
spinning some discs on my Victor Orthophonic suitcase model, and it
dawned on me to try something out. I slipped a new needle into the
shank, and I pulled it back out maybe a millimeter or so, just enough
to keep the blunt end from
By the way, and many of you may know this, never let acetate/lacquer
discs get near poly sleeves. Some kind of chemical reaction happens
that can ruin them. The original sleeves they come in are best, or any
good paper sleeve (acid-free is desirable, obviously). A transcription
engineer told
The same stylus should work for all these types of records. Make sure the
tonearm is balanced and weighted correctly for the acetates, though, and use
distilled water to clean them first. It's the nature of acetates that they
only last a certain number of plays before damage becomes audible.
I dunno, Doug... I think they should lay a couple of bomb blankets over the
Victrola and wire the doorframe in question with a pound of C-4.
heh,
r.
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From: Douglas Houston cdh...@earthlink.net
I'm sure that the obstacle is the
place's owner. Dismantling a
To: Antique Phonograph List phono-l@oldcrank.org
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Fake RCA ad piece?
So, it sounds like a genuine RCA corporate article. Do you have any idea
when these were made?
Andy
On Aug 18, 2009, at 8:11 AM, Robert Wright wrote:
I've seen
I think there's a boutique shop that's got all the replacement parts for
that Sonora except the horn and platter -- Home Depot.
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From: Ron rkeu...@verizon.net
To: Antique Phonograph List phono-l@oldcrank.org
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 3:43 PM
Subject: Re:
Suicidio-La Gioconda
L Explanatory Talk
11/15/22
Hope this helps. The DD test pressing I have (bad memory) are numbered
in pencil on the sleeve and scratched on the record. Same song both
sides.
Mike Oldcranky.
On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Robert Wright esrobe...@hotmail.com wrote
Sage advice, Greg, exactly what I would've suggested if I'd gotten to it
earlier. Additionally, I was going to mention baking the 78's that did
receive warping. I've had great luck with popping them in the oven for a
minute or two at 150 degrees (checking them for pliability every 15 seconds
or
phono items for sale, wanted, or for trade would really be nice for the
hobby.
Ray
- Original Message -
From: Robert Wright esrobe...@hotmail.com
To: Antique Phonograph List phono-l@oldcrank.org
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 10:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] eBay
Bill,
First let me
.
Very truly
yours,
Immortal
Performances
jimcip at earthlink.net
EarthLink Revolves Around You.
[Original Message]
From: Robert Wright esroberto at hotmail.com
To: Antique Phonograph List
Jim, Greg, Steve, and Thomas :-),
Thanks very much for all the insight. I hadn't considered the possibility
that vertical was inferior, but vertical companies worked that much harder
for better sound; I assumed all other things were probably even. I do find
it strange that so many vertical
With all due respect, how is vertical cut recording inferior to lateral cut?
Certainly in the phonograph's first 25 years, Edison's machines sounded
substantially better than respectively contemporary lateral phonographs. I
hear more treble extension on direct-recorded 4M amberols than any
I haven't seen the pictures in question, but I know it would be very easy to
get the described effect of the darker bedplates by adjusting the contrast
of the photos in Photoshop.
- Original Message -
From: Steve Andersen ander...@tampabay.rr.com
To: Antique Phonograph List phono-l at
There are ways, and it has happened. But not to me, not once, not a single
PayPal problem, and I've had an account practically since they opened. I
find myself using it for more and more things beyond eBay at this point, in
fact.
Best,
Robert
- Original Message -
From: Jim Nichol
I have a few of these brown Canadians, mostly 7 but a couple 10. I
assumed they weren't all that uncommon up there. I don't know much about
the Canadian discography of Berliner's company.
One curiosity, however -- all the labels on mine are chocolate brown.
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I'd check for rust, corrosion, or damage to the feedscrew.
- Original Message -
From: Ron L'Herault lhera...@bu.edu
To: 'Antique Phonograph List' phono-l at oldcrank.org;
phonolist at yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 11:50 AM
Subject: [Phono-L] Amberola 30 erratic speed
Last thought -- listen to a cylinder you know well and wait for the speed to
drop. Back the reproducer up about 20 or 30 grooves and see if it does it
in the same spot, within about 3 or 4 grooves. If so, it's not the
mainspring, or anything other than something the carriage encounters near
Doug, is that why even some of the best preserved copies still have
lamination cracks under the surface?
- Original Message -
From: Douglas Houston cdh...@earthlink.net
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Vogue Picture Records values
snip
So, what about the plastic that Sav-Way Industries (Tom
Agreed, Ray. I don't think those Bear Family repro's were ever intended to
substitute for the real thing, but to be some kind of tribute novelty to
make noise for the label that issued them (probably just a passion of the
owner). I have one of the repro's, and while the audio quality is
If you want to go that route, I think you'll probably have to go with Expert
Stylus in England. It'll be expensive. Anyone out there have their contact
info handy?
Best,
Robert
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From: jim...@earthlink.net
To: Antique Phonograph List phono-l at oldcrank.org
Walt,
Ya had me going until the $25 part! Even so, to be perfectly honest, even
$25' worth of modern technology can get better-than-needed results out of
DD's and VE's, as long as the wiring is right. Where I find the biggest
difference in using expensive gear shows up is in the way that
Hi Jim! Kurt Nauck's assistent Brian told me years ago he uses an LP stylus
for Pathe's, but when I'm doing restoration work, I get much better results
using a 78 stylus. Ideally I'd use a sapphire ball mounted on a modern
cartridges cantilever (tip mass be damned!), but like you said,
www.tinfoil.com is Glenn's website. His email address, as listed on the
site, is glenn at tinfoil.com. Although I am consistently impressed with the
sound of his early brown wax transfers, I'd be surprised if he had more
information to offer than the message Greg Bogantz posted today.
Best
Oh my.
Heh.
- Original Message -
From: Loran Hughes lo...@oldcrank.com
To: Antique Phonograph List phono-l at oldcrank.org
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] AB's and gear oiling
I've used Mike's whale oil. Quite frankly, it smells funny and doesn't
Call me lucky, but in nearly ten years of eBaying and PayPal'ing, I've never
been taken, fooled, swindled, or any of that. Not once. But I don't call
it luck.
The more money I intend to spend on an item, the more research I do on the
seller. I pay very close attention to
Hey Chris,
Let me officially be the third person to recommend Steve Medved to you for
any reproducer work. His knowledge is unlimited, and I'll put the
reproducer he reworked for me up against anyone's for volume and sheer
clarity.
Best,
Robert
- Original Message -
From: Chris
1920 through 1930 must've been an incredible time to be alive for sound
junkies. To witness the birth of electrical recording and to watch the
tehcnological race for better sound between phonographs and radios would be
as exciting and using CompuServe or having posted on Prodigy's billboards
I think the 1800-1899 is just a category from a drop-down menu though,
Bruce. Is there a chance this was a lark made by a furniture maker who had
some decals produced for a phonograph venture that never went anywhere?
Does it look to be made around the time of all Victor's injunctions and
Thanks for that, Steve. I have got to start going to those things.
Best,
Robert
On Apr 14, 2008, at 10:28 AM, srsel...@aol.com wrote:
I spent quite a bit of time over the last few days putting together a
complete slide show of the ARSC Conference. It runs about 12
minutes. I use
I don't think she has, no. No distinction between Re-Creation and
re-creation (my dad actually thought one of my DD's was a well-intentioned
fake until I explained to him that to Edison, it was a re-creation of the
original performance), language that suggests Thomas Edison is the recording
in the frame a long time ago. The sleeve looks like
it is in good shape.
She must not have even looked at other E-bay listings.
Ron L
-Original Message-
From: phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org] On
Behalf Of Robert Wright
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 12:20 AM
ANYTIME there is even a hint of use the buy it now option and email me
directly at..., it's a hijacked listing without the seller's knowledge.
Change your passwords, troops.
- Original Message -
From: Ken and Brenda Brekke kb...@charter.net
To: 'Antique Phonograph List'
The scammer WASN'T the seller. The seller was legit, but his account got
hacked by the scammer.
- Original Message -
From: Albert cen...@comcast.net
To: Antique Phonograph List phono-l@oldcrank.org
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Possible Ebay fraudulent
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