Do you think we can quietly and carefully scrape away the Berliner machine paint job and reveal the Edison machine? (or was it an Edison-Bell?).
I think about the success of that Victor trademark in relation to Edison's "Old Couple", which possibly did more to actually guarantee a LACK of acceptance among the younger generation of early 20th century phonograph buyers than the his choice of recording material. Like Oldsmobile's misguided ad campaign-- "It's Not Your Father's Oldsmobile" ended up reinforcing the perception that an Olds was more like the old man's (not Old Man's) car than it did to convey otherwise. I think the best Edison trademark was the signature -- a word worth a thousand pictures. Andy Baron On Apr 13, 2006, at 1:49 PM, Steven Medved wrote: > Hi Andy, > > This is very interesting, Edison was offered the Victor Trademark > first, > perhaps he should have used it ater all. > > Steve > >> When I place a late, paper label DD record with a bold vocal track on >> my A-250, at the moment the voice begins, my dog launches into barking >> the same as if someone's just come to the house. It takes some effort >> to convince him that no one else has come in. He doesn't do this when >> I play something similar on my Victor Credenza, or any other machine. >> >> This doesn't quite address the criteria of the original query, and >> it's >> not exactly his master's voice, but he does seem to have a feeling for >> the most real sounding phonograph (and he has unusually sharp hearing >> to boot). Perhaps it's because the Edison system has the most natural >> overtones? >> >> Andy Baron >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ > > Support Phono-L > http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank >
