There have been a few commercial production runs of Kreusi replicas, but
also untold numbers of privately-made ones. The blueprints used to be sold by
the Edison National Historic Site and allowed anyone with machining skills to
make one or more.
The three best known of the larger production runs were the following:
Elmer Jones in the 1960s or 1970s. These were quite well made and can be
readily identified because they have his name cast into the underside of the
base.
Bill Ptacek from 1995 to 2004. Bill's made somewhere over 50 in total, of
exceptional quality. All have his initials ("WCP") cast underneath the base,
along with a serial number (e.g. "9605" -- the year and the sequence number
within that year.)
Mirek Stehlik ca. 1995 or so. Mirek made 25 absolutely perfect copies. He
did not cast his name or initials into the base, but each has a serial number
stamped into the end of the main shaft.
There was another commercial run of machines made in the 1970s, I'll have to
dig through my files to find the maker's name. I have never seen one of these
so I don't know if they were marked in any way. The original promotional
material didn't state whether they were marked.
I have seen many privately-made examples, varying in quality from very
amateurish to highly professional. One of the best of these one-offs was shown
on
the cover of the December 1977 issue of "Audio" magazine, and described in
detail in an accompanying article. The author appears to sell himself short
when
he wrote that is isn't an expert machinist -- it looks outstanding -- but he
did note that it took him over 300 hours to make.
I hope this helps.
Best regards,
Rene Rondeau
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From [email protected] Sun Jun 10 15:19:30 2007
From: [email protected] (Dennis Back)
Date: Sun Jun 10 16:00:47 2007
Subject: [Phono-L] Kruesi Replica Tinfoil Machines
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
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--- [email protected] wrote:
> Mirek Stehlik ca. 1995 or so. Mirek made 25
> absolutely perfect copies.
Mirek's are from around 1993. Mirek made 30 copies.
He told me so yesterday via email.
Dennis
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From [email protected] Sun Jun 10 16:52:33 2007
From: [email protected] ([email protected])
Date: Sun Jun 10 16:55:36 2007
Subject: [Phono-L] Kruesi Replica Tinfoil Machines
References: <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <002301c7abba$6a5b8d00$6101a...@wilenzick>
I bought an excellent replica Kreusi at Union around 1995 for $500, which
was made by Paul McGilvery of Lisle, IL. I recently sold it on eBay for
many times that amount!
Ray
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Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Kruesi Replica Tinfoil Machines
> There have been a few commercial production runs of Kreusi replicas, but
> also untold numbers of privately-made ones. The blueprints used to be sold
> by
> the Edison National Historic Site and allowed anyone with machining skills
> to
> make one or more.
>
> The three best known of the larger production runs were the following:
>
> Elmer Jones in the 1960s or 1970s. These were quite well made and can be
> readily identified because they have his name cast into the underside of
> the
> base.
>
> Bill Ptacek from 1995 to 2004. Bill's made somewhere over 50 in total, of
> exceptional quality. All have his initials ("WCP") cast underneath the
> base,
> along with a serial number (e.g. "9605" -- the year and the sequence
> number
> within that year.)
>
> Mirek Stehlik ca. 1995 or so. Mirek made 25 absolutely perfect copies. He
> did not cast his name or initials into the base, but each has a serial
> number
> stamped into the end of the main shaft.
>
> There was another commercial run of machines made in the 1970s, I'll have
> to
> dig through my files to find the maker's name. I have never seen one of
> these
> so I don't know if they were marked in any way. The original promotional
> material didn't state whether they were marked.
>
> I have seen many privately-made examples, varying in quality from very
> amateurish to highly professional. One of the best of these one-offs was
> shown on
> the cover of the December 1977 issue of "Audio" magazine, and described in
> detail in an accompanying article. The author appears to sell himself
> short when
> he wrote that is isn't an expert machinist -- it looks outstanding -- but
> he
> did note that it took him over 300 hours to make.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Best regards,
> Rene Rondeau
>
>
>
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> http://www.aol.com.
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