Fortunately, I was wearing my boots while watching that episode. Makes you wonder about everything else you see on that show.
Loran On Mar 29, 2005, at 2:56 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Re: The Antique Road Show in Reno > > That was something of a let down! The phonograph shown was an Edison > Home > Model D with an S reproducer in an alligatored finish oak Herzog #740 > "Cylophone" cabinet. The unrebuilt reproducer was set to the wrong > stylii so the > reproduction of sound was terrible. The person doing the description > and > evaluation seemed less knowledgeable than one could hope for. He had > no idea if > the cabinet was sold by Edison or an aftermarket item. One wonders > what they > would have said should something really esoteric come before them. > This was > not a good representation of an antique phonograph on the Antique > Road Show in > my opinion. > > Kindest regards to all on the list, > > Al
