[Phono-L] Why Couldn't Edison Think of This? - THEY DID!

Ooops I guess Necessity is the mother of invention. Thanks for the reference. This item does beg some questions though. Apparently the owner went through a lot of work to try to simulate the intent of Charles Edison's design and further improving on it with an electric motor.

[Phono-L] Why Couldn't Edison Think of This? - THEY DID!

Uh, wait-a-hold-it. Last Saturday we were supposed to set our clocks one hour forward, not our calendars one month forward to April...April FIRST. Sent from my iPhone -- Peter pjfra...@mac.com On Mar 11, 2008, at 11:12 AM, Robin Joan Rolfs nip...@dataex.com wrote: Ooops I

[Phono-L] Why Couldn't Edison Think of This? - THEY DID!

Agreed, just what I was thinking. Maybe if they plugged the feed going to the internal horn, they'd get a slightly louder signal out of the top horn, but the difference would've been negligible at best, considering the impetus of the futzing was to make it loud enough for outdoor whatever.

[Phono-L] Interesting Diamond Disk

I checked out the Diamond Disk that has been the subject of discussion and though to myself that I'd seen something like that before. I dug out my bible (first edition of Tinfoil to Stereo) and found a photo on plate IX which shows a Diamond Disk equipped with a Loud Speaking Attachment. It is

[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

[Phono-L] Franken-Crapophone

This one is the worst I've seen yet- has two reproduction Columbia decals, and looks like a Grafonola case was sacrificed for this abortion.