In a message dated 2/6/2006 3:28:19 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
Don: I have never heard of a crapophone collector, and doubt that there are any on this list. However, the occasional post about these things are designed to inject a bit of humor into our hobby, and that can't be all that bad. We all need a laugh ever once in a while. I hate crapophones too, but they are acoustic phonograph related and therefore "on topic". Ray Wilenzick Ray: I totally agree with you. Info about crapophones is vitally needed by many of us who may be new to the hobby. I see the crapophones becoming much more sophisticated these days. And it can be hard to tell what you are looking at sometimes. I remember the first time I went to the Union show and was really intrigued by a beautiful polyphone with two brassy and beautiful horns. I had no idea that the reproducer was a repro until someone pointed it out to me. I learned something quickly at that show. Now that was not a crapophone by any means, but by the same token, learning the difference between original and repro and real and crap is important to anyone seriously interested in this field. Besides, it's all about fun isn't it?? ---Art Heller
