If you are interested in Charles and the role he played running the company, I recommend reading Out of the Shadow. This gave me a much better understanding of T. A. and the time Charles spent as governor was also extremely interesting.
On Amazon.com the book sells for around $4.00 including shipping. http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0006CZSHW/ref=dp_olp_2/103-9076610-9895033?%5Fencoding=UTF8 Steve > >No. Charles picked up after T.A. retired in 1927, leaving him head of the >company in that year. Both Charles and Theodore went to MIT with Theodore >having a penchant for mathematical physics and was secretly pursuing >electrical recording and playback in a separate laboratory set up for him. >It was during this time that electrical recording 'finally' got into gear. >It is Theodore we have to thank for the marvelous C-1 and C-2 phonographs. >The pick-up is absolutely ingenious and the phonographs have a wonderful >sound, especially playing the 52000 series. Unfortunately, they came too >late. They were brought out late in 1928 and were the last phonographs made >by the company. Very few C-1s are known. Only a few dozen C-2s are known to >exist, of which I am a proud owner and can attest to their usual Edison >quality. >btw...the L.P. cylinder Edison made in 1899 had 450 grooves per inch. >Obviously, it wasn't practical at that time either for even more reasons, >one being a suitable material for pressing. Still, that's when the L.P. >work >began and was first achieved. As far as Theodore goes, I bow to him for the >electronic phonographs and that ingenious pick-up with the offset diamond >stylus. > >Bruce > > >_______________________________________________ >Phono-L mailing list >[email protected] > >Phono-L Archive >http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ > >Support Phono-L >http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank
