Last spring a new DVD came out that contains a 1998 A&E Biography episode about Enrico Caruso. I just bought and found it quite entertaining. The name of the DVD is Enrico Caruso - Voice of the Century / My Cousin (1918) (With Audio CD). The reason I bring this up here is that one of the people being interviewed has a nice collection of phonographs and there are even some scenes where they play an Edison cylinder machine and a Columbia disc machine. There is also a shot of the Edison Museum of America with a nice looking Victor VI with a large Brass horn on the video. The DVD also contains a slient movie made in 1918 called My Cousin where Caruso plays two parts. It may not be the best film ever made, but you do get to see Caruso perform part of his famous aria from Pagliacci on the stage of the old Metropolitan Opera house in New York.
There is also an audio CD with many of his famous Victor recordings on it. The link below is to Amazon.com where they have the DVD for sale. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00017HWLC/qid=1090716136/sr=2-1/103-6187332-0655046?v=glance&s=dvd#product-details If the link doesn't work for you just go to http://www.amazon.com and search for "Caruso voice of the century". Dan From tomj33 Sat Jul 24 20:54:02 2004 From: tomj33 (Thomas Jordan) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:10:47 2006 Subject: [Phono-L] Main Spring breakage References: <001e01c471e2$f3aaa150$6401a...@danslaptop> Message-ID: <[email protected]> I had something happen tonight that was a first for me. While playing a record on one of my Victrola's I had the main spring break! It was so violent that the record came off of the center post. Luckily, the record wasn't damaged. It looks like I am going to get my first shot at totally replacing a main spring. Tom From lherault Sat Jul 24 21:08:55 2004 From: lherault (Ron L'Herault) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:10:47 2006 Subject: [Phono-L] Main Spring breakage In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <000001c471ec$4e362b90$145ed...@ronlherault> Be prepared to get dirty. Make note of which way the spring winds in the barrel. Even broke springs will unwind violently when you pull them out of the barrel. I drop mine into a heavy sack and using pliers held in a gloved hand, pull on the center winding to get the spring out. Ron L -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Thomas Jordan Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 9:54 PM To: Daniel Melvin; Antique Phonograph List Subject: [Phono-L] Main Spring breakage I had something happen tonight that was a first for me. While playing a record on one of my Victrola's I had the main spring break! It was so violent that the record came off of the center post. Luckily, the record wasn't damaged. It looks like I am going to get my first shot at totally replacing a main spring. Tom _______________________________________________ Phono-l mailing list [email protected] http://mail.oldcrank.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com
