I just received this shocking and sad news from Wayne: >A few minutes ago I received a phone call from a fellow phonograph collector who is a friend of Bill Ptacek. Many of you are familiar with Bill through his beautiful replica tinfoil phonographs. I was asked by my firend to post a note on phonolist that Bill drowned while boating on Leach Lake. Wayne Holznagel< Bill was known to many collectors for the amazing and meticulous job he did on making reproduction Edison Tin Fil Phonographs. We was much to young to leave us. He will be sadly missed. Steve Ramm From jnichol Mon Jul 5 23:15:59 2004 From: jnichol (Jim Nichol) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:10:46 2006 Subject: [Phono-L] Bill Ptacek In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Yes, it's pretty shocking. I just talked to Bill Ptacek at Union. I think of him every time I look at one of my 5 tinfoil replica machines he made. I wonder where Leach Lake is? Jim On Jul 5, 2004, at 9:52 PM, [email protected] wrote: > I just received this shocking and sad news from Wayne: > >> A few minutes ago I received a phone call from a fellow phonograph > collector who is a friend of Bill Ptacek. Many of you are familiar > with > Bill through his beautiful replica tinfoil phonographs. I was asked > by > my firend to post a note on phonolist that Bill drowned while boating > on > Leach Lake. > Wayne Holznagel< > > Bill was known to many collectors for the amazing and meticulous job > he did > on making reproduction Edison Tin Fil Phonographs. > > We was much to young to leave us. He will be sadly missed. > > Steve Ramm
