In a message dated 9/13/2005 6:44:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
> All this is very interesting, and the Klingsor is unusual, but I personally > feel that any attempt to tune the strings would be a waste of time. I > believe that the addition of strings was just a marketing gimmick and never > did add anything significant to the sound of the machine. Nevertheless, > Art, it is certainly an uncommon phono for your collection and fun to > discuss. > ************* and in how many places, other than PHP, is the name itself explained? ;-) There were other devices, btw, with these "harmopnic" strimngs, such as by Wm Leighton - look at all those strings (64) lining his outside horn machine. 872,828. Also Pearson's 1,419,514. and a Victrola design of H. C. Miller, 1,234,555. Allen www.phonobooks.com
