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 ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. From back...@yahoo.com Sun Jun 10 15:19:30 2007 From: back...@yahoo.com (Dennis Back) Date: Sun Jun 10 16:00:47 2007 Subject: [Phono-L] Kruesi Replica Tinfoil Machines In-Reply-To: <d68.8bbbf52.339dd...@aol.com> Message-ID: <886035.32803...@web35612.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --- taediso...@aol.com 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 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html From wilenz...@bellsouth.net Sun Jun 10 16:52:33 2007 From: wilenz...@bellsouth.net (wilenz...@bellsouth.net) Date: Sun Jun 10 16:55:36 2007 Subject: [Phono-L] Kruesi Replica Tinfoil Machines References: <d68.8bbbf52.339dd...@aol.com> 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 ----- Original Message ----- From: <taediso...@aol.com> To: <phono-l@oldcrank.org> 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 > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >