Actually, it was the Edison Bell Company in London which was offered the Barraud painting. Edison himself never entered into the picture (no pun intended). The legend has it that whomever he spoke to replied "Dogs don't listen to Phonographs."
And yes, you can see the Edison Bell Commercial Phonograph through the painting of the Trade Mark Berliner machine in the original painting (should the management of EMI in Abbey Road deem you worth enough to enter their boardroom. As to the Old Couple painting, Edison did purchase the original painting, but with an Edison Standard painted over an open-works Pathe machine. I do know, however, that the artist did paint copies of it as one showed up in a Christe's London painting auction years ago, quite unrecognized. Barraud too painted copies of His Master's Voice over the years, most likely for Directors of the companies. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 5:56 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Best sounding Phonograph > > In a message dated 4/13/2006 3:49:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > This is very interesting, Edison was offered the Victor Trademark first, > perhaps he should have used it after all. > > > I have read that if you view the original painting from the correct angle, > faint images of the original cylinder machine depicted in the painting > can > still be seen. This may be a myth, but it is a neat story. Edison missed a > golden opportunity once again. > > Another opportunity he missed was the development of the vacuum tube. > Edison > discovered that if a second element, or filament was placed inside a > light > bulb, electrons would pass between them. (This would result in a monode > becoming a diode.) He failed to see the implications of his discovery. > However, the > basic principle behind the vacuum tube is unchanged to this day, and is > still called "The Edison Effect." > > Randy > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ > > Support Phono-L > http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.1/310 - Release Date: 4/12/2006 > >
