True, But the Douglas cabinet Victors still retain the ID plate, which I didn' see on this one. It does look very much like a "craftsman" made machine such as the one pictured in "Phonographs with Flair".
-------------- Original message -------------- From: [email protected] > > In a message dated 1/14/2006 10:53:54 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Yep, seen them.......this isn't a Douglas machine............ > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "Daniel Melvin" > > > I think you are fortetting about the Douglas cabinet victors. They are > > indeed victors put together away from Victor. I'm not sure it is fair to > say > > victor didn't do this. They most definately did with Douglas. I don't > think > > it can be said they any less of a victor machine. And, they go for huge > > money when the very rare machines become available. I think the machine in > > question may have been made at the same time that the douglas cabinets > were > > being produced. I know that vic V and vic VI douglas machines existed. > They > > are in Fabrizio's books if anyone is interested. > > > With all this talk about what is "real" and what is not, you might want to > look at page 52 in Fabrizio an Paul's "Phonographs with Flair". There is a > "Craftsman" machine and case which is very similar to the machine which was > offered on eBay. It is listed as being VR or "very rare". Not even a brand > name > machine! So it is all in the eye of the beholder as to what one considers > desireable. > ---Art Heller > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ From [email protected] Mon Jan 16 13:20:24 2006 From: [email protected] ([email protected]) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:11:10 2006 Subject: [Phono-L] "special" cylinders In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Randy Minor wrote: "I didn't know there was such a thing as a rare Uncle Josh title. (Just kidding.) Many modern-day hobbyists find his famous laughs irritating, after listening to a couple of his records." This is how I got some of the best Uncle Josh cylinders I have....some of my collector friends find him so irritating that they just wanted to get rid of the cylinders by him! Mike -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 10:18:35 EST Subject: Re: [Phono-L] "special" cylinders In a message dated 1/16/2006 1:41:25 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I must say that in this particular case, this black lambert Uncle Josh cylinder was a very rare title, I didn't know there was such a thing as a rare Uncle Josh title. (Just kidding.) Many modern-day hobbyists find his famous laughs irritating, after listening to a couple of his records. I happen to like him. I like the glimpses he gives into the rural, bygone America of my grandparents, who got married shortly after 1900. Uncle Josh can also be downright funny, if you give him a chance, and use your imagination a little. Randy Minor _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list [email protected] Phono-L Archive http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/
