OK, I'd like a larger Amberola because I don't have one at all and the larger ones sound better. I'd like a coin op because they represent the beginnings of the phonograph as entertainment and I'd like the trade mark machine because it is just that, the machine that Nipper sits in front of, and the iconic representation of the beginning of the disk record industry.
Ron L -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Wright Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 10:06 PM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: [Phono-L] 20" path?s, etc. - a new question <snip> Sounds like Ron longs for one of "the bigger Amberola machines, a coin op or a trademark Berliner," as he said. Ron, would you be so kind as to share with us why those machines appeal to you personally? Can't wait to check my email tomorrow. Best to all, Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron L'Herault" <[email protected]> To: "'Antique Phonograph List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 7:01 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Phonographs as an Investment > I guess if you start collecting when you are 13 your outlook is a little > different. I collected because I liked the machines. I liked the way they > sounded and the music on the records. I enjoyed getting them running > correctly and I hated to part with one. I still feel the same way. I > probably will never be able to afford certain machines I'd like to own, like > the bigger Amberola machines, a coin op or a trademark Berliner but that > does not diminish my joy of owning what I have and acquiring what I can. I > still enjoy the music on acoustical and early electric records. I'm not so > concerned about what is rare or not. Luckily I have a few Armstrong OKs but > not much else that is rare. But I can enjoy the Whitman disks and the > Original Memphis Five just as well, if for different reasons. > > Investments? I invest my time and a bit of money, I reap the dividend of > pleasure. > > Ron L > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Steven Medved > Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 12:46 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Phonographs as an Investment > > > Robert, > > I agree, but the most expensive ones seem to sound the best. > > Steve > > > >I belong to an entirely different camp, admittedly. My only concern with > >any phonograph is still "what does THIS one sound like??" I appreciate the > >fixers just as much as the rollers, and the collections of each equally. > >For me, everything about this hobby is kid-in-a-candy-store. But what it > >boils down to, like pretty much everything else in life, is intent. > > > >Thanks, folks of the list, for making my week with such enjoyable repartee! > > > >Best to all, > >Robert > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Barry Kasindorf" <[email protected]> > > > > > I collect them to play and have fun with. Having a variety and number of > >differing > > > things is why I collect. Looking at the same 2 nice phonos is not as > > > much fun as shopping and turning over and repairing many. > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Phono-L mailing list > >[email protected] > > > >Phono-L Archive > >http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list [email protected] Phono-L Archive http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/
