There are quite a number of younger collectors out there. They're just not all in one place.
A few years ago, I used to communicate with a young man out in Atlanta, GA. who was into phonographs. He was still in high school, but I lost touch with him (Perhaps college took him over?). Also a few years ago an 11-year-old from Australia joined phonolist but I don't remember him or his name. Last August/September I was on the phone with a 17-year-old from Los Angeles who said he had over 5,000 acoustic era recordings on mp3's. I'm not sure if he collects the original records, but he beats me as far as Dan W. Quinn recordings go! And yes, Loran's daughter is also into records (mostly children's, but she's also into popular acoustic era recordings). I was into phonographs since age 14. The record collecting goes earlier than that (I knew who Billy Murray was when I was 8). I also had a large history of being made fun of, so I never really shared much or told many people about my hobby. I still don't. I never told classmates who my poineer recording heroes were, nor have I told many collectors through phone or correspondence what my age was for fear of rejection. Even as far back as the 1940s (probably earlier) people questioned if there would be any future interest in phonographs & records. And here you guys are keeping the hobby going! I'm 100% positive that this will keep going on 100+ years from now. -Ryan _________________________________________________________________ Find and compare great deals on Broadband access at the MSN High-Speed Marketplace. http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200360ave/direct/01/
