Is the Auxetophone still in the ballroom of the Ringling mansion in Sarasota Fla? It had a painted case to match to match the room. I saw it years ago and it was rather worn from tourist handling, and bits were missing.
Eric Stott ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 1:06 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] E-bay listing for the AUXETOPHONE > There are only 16 Auxetophones confirmed to exist world-wide, two of which > are permanently locked away in museums. It's amazing that three should > change > hands in less than a year, but I suspect that after those sales it is very > unlikely that another will come on the market in the next decade. All the > machines I know of are owned by collectors who have no current interest in > selling.

