trying again. is the list broken? Begin forwarded message:
> From: Peter Fraser <[email protected]> > Date: May 19, 2006 8:14:53 PM PDT > To: Antique Phonograph List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Jack Mullin tape...was Re: Victor long > playing records > > Group - > > I've burned a mess of them and have started assembling the > packages, to mail tomorrow. > > If you've already asked for one, I've emailed you the details and > you know what to do next regarding payment... > > It's not too late for anyone else to sign up for one; send me your > name and address and I'll send you the paypal/etc info. > > -- Peter > > On May 2, 2006, at 9:45 PM, Peter Fraser wrote: > >> Doug's going to burn a DVD of it and then send that to me for >> duplication. So you can start sending me emails with your >> addresses. be sure to put "Mullin" in the header of the message. >> >> On May 2, 2006, at 4:01 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >>> I have a unit which burns DVDs directly from VHS tapes, and would >>> gladly >>> burn copies of this for list-pals, for the cost of postage...if >>> Doug would >>> see fit to lend it out for that purpose. Doug? >>> >>> -- peter >>> [email protected] >>> >>> Doug wrote: >>>> The Antique Radio Club Of Illinois sold a videotape a few years >>>> ago, >>>> titled:" An Afternoon With Jack Mullin". It runs 50 minutes, and I >>>> believe >>>> that it was put out by the Audio Engineering Society. I have a >>>> copy, and >>>> watch it occasionally. He covers early phonograph history very >>>> well, and >>>> has >>>> an outstanding demonstration of the same Victor record playing on >>>> acoustical, then switching to Orthophonic. He was a fine >>>> collector of >>>> phonographs and tape devices. >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Robert Wright" <[email protected]> >>>> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 6:02 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Victor long playing records >>>> >>>> >>>>> From: "Doug" <[email protected]> >>>>>> I can't imagine any record maker in the thirties intending their >>>>>> discs >>>>>> to >>>>> be >>>>>> played with a sound box.> >>>>> >>>>> Were the heavy electric pickups any better? I had a Brunswick >>>>> Panatrope >>>>> for >>>>> a while, and though I never got the amp working, the GE/RCA motor >>>>> worked >>>>> great, quiet and steady. The pickup head was hinged but not >>>>> counterbalanced, and it could eat through 30's 78's with the >>>>> best of >>>>> 'em. >>>>> (The 'plinth' board, if you will, also generated a roomful of >>>>> acoustic >>>>> output.) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> All right, on another topic. Magnetic tape recording was IN >>>>>> USE in >>>>>> Germany >>>>>> in the thirties. Do you think that the recording companies in >>>>>> this >>>>>> country >>>>>> didn't know about it? It would be a threat to their markets to >>>>>> have a >>>>>> recordable medium in the hands of buyers who would otherwise buy >>>>>> disc >>>>>> recordings. It proved to be just that, after Jack Mullin >>>>>> imported his >>>>>> two >>>>>> Magnetophones at the end of WWII, and Crosby went on the air, >>>>>> using one >>>>>> of >>>>>> them in 1947. >>>>> >>>>> With what Germany was brewing up during that time, I wonder if any >>>>> technology was leaving the German borders. I'm no WWII expert, >>>>> but >>>>> I've >>>>> always just assumed there was an iron veil over all the >>>>> sciences in >>>>> 30's >>>>> Germany. This article on John Mullin touches on this, saying that >>>>> "Although >>>>> the German technical press covered advances during the 1920s, the >>>>> '30s, >>>>> and >>>>> even the early 1940s, Britons and Americans were largely >>>>> unaware of >>>>> these >>>>> technology developments." It's a fascinating read and answers a >>>>> lot of >>>>> questions (while raising a few); here's the link: >>>>> http://www.tvhandbook.com/History/History_mullin.htm >>>>> >>>>> One wonders. The first magnetic recording was demonstrated in >>>>> 1898 by >>>>> a >>>>> Danish inventor named Poulsen. Seems the more we know, the more >>>>> there >>>>> is >>>>> to >>>>> learn. I'm gonna go finish that Mullin article. >>>>> >>>>> -r. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Phono-L mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> Phono-L Archive >>>>> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ >>>>> >>>>> Support Phono-L >>>>> http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Phono-L mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> Phono-L Archive >>>> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ >>>> >>>> Support Phono-L >>>> http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Phono-L mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> >>> Phono-L Archive >>> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ >>> >>> Support Phono-L >>> http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank >> >> >> >> -- Peter >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> [email protected] >> >> Phono-L Archive >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ >> >> Support Phono-L >> http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank >
