Ziggy Stardust? Marc Bolan? Sorry - I don't know those comic strips. I was a Led Zepplin kind of guy back then. Never did any drugs either, but...I still have the guitar.
George Paul -----Original Message----- From: George Glastris <[email protected]> To: Antique Phonograph List <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 12:11 am Subject: Re: [Phono-L] early edison home with no serial number Yes George, all very interesting, but what did you do with said guitar? Turn it in to the police as stolen property (like a good upstanding citizen) or continue with the life of crime, sex, drugs and rock n' roll? Being 1973, my guess is that you decked yourself out in Ziggy Stardust style and became a Marc Bolan groupie.? ? ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]>? To: <[email protected]>? Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 8:39 PM? Subject: Re: [Phono-L] early edison home with no serial number? ? >? > Steve,? >? > Allen is right - - unscrupulous retailers occasionally found it in? > their best interest to grind off a serial number so the origin of a? > particular machine could not be traced. There's nothing else unusual? > about this "Home." The nickeled dataplate mounted on top suggests? > approx. May-December 1899. John also raises a possibility in that the? > machine might have been stolen. No way of knowing, but chances are that? > "Home" has had a colorful past. That reminds me of a guitar I bought? > back in 1973. I had been looking around for a Rickenbacker electric? > 12-string. A friend was buying an amp from a private owner about an? > hour from home, and I had gone along for the ride. The seller asked if? > anyone was interested in a guitar, and flipped open a guitar case. I? > was astonished to see a like-new Rickenbacker 12-string. Cradling it? > like a baby, I asked the fellow what he wanted for it, expecting to? > hear the usual $500-$700 price of that time. Instead, he replied, "A? > hundred." Being nineteen years old, this struck me only as a wonderful? > windfall, and I couldn't pay him fast enough. It was not until the next? > day when I was searching for its serial number that I discovered three? > little divots made by a drill bit to obscure the number. And that,? > Warden, is how I began my life of crime...? >? >? >? > George Paul? >? >? >? >? >? >? > -----Original Message-----? > From: Steven Medved <[email protected]>? > To: Phono-l <[email protected]>? > Sent: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 12:37 pm? > Subject: [Phono-L] early edison home with no serial number? >? >? >? >? >? >? >? >? >? >? > George and list,? >? > Is it possible for an Edison home not to have a serial number?? >? >? > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200181396387? >? > Steve_______________________________________________? > Phono-L mailing list? > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org? >? >? >? >? >? >? > ________________________________________________________________________? > More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - > http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp00050000000003? > _______________________________________________? > Phono-L mailing list? > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org ? _______________________________________________? Phono-L mailing list? http://phono-l.oldcrank.org? ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp00050000000003 From [email protected] Fri Dec 7 15:20:29 2007 From: [email protected] (Steven Medved) Date: Fri Dec 7 15:20:36 2007 Subject: [Phono-L] early edison home with no serial number In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Hi George, I really appreciate your reply and all the other ones. I did not think Edison would allow a phono to leave with no serial number and I really the input from the other George, Allen and John. (Hope I did not leave any one out) Steve > To: [email protected]> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] early edison home with no > serial number> Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 21:39:53 -0500> From: [email protected]> > > > Steve,> > Allen is right - - unscrupulous retailers occasionally found it > in> their best interest to grind off a serial number so the origin of a> > particular machine could not be traced. There's nothing else unusual> about > this "Home." The nickeled dataplate mounted on top suggests> approx. > May-December 1899. John also raises a possibility in that the> machine might > have been stolen. No way of knowing, but chances are that> "Home" has had a > colorful past. That reminds me of a guitar I bought> back in 1973. I had been > looking around for a Rickenbacker electric> 12-string. A friend was buying an > amp from a private owner about an> hour from home, and I had gone along for > the ride. The seller asked if> anyone was interested in a guitar, and flipped > open a guitar case. I> was astonished to see a like-new Rickenbacker > 12-string. Cradling it> like a baby, I asked the fellow what he wanted for > it, expecting to> hear the usual $500-$700 price of that time. Instead, he > replied, "A> hundred." Being nineteen years old, this struck me only as a > wonderful> windfall, and I couldn't pay him fast enough. It was not until the > next> day when I was searching for its serial number that I discovered three> > little divots made by a drill bit to obscure the number. And that,> Warden, > is how I began my life of crime... > > > > George Paul> > > > > > > > -----Original Message-----> From: Steven Medved <[email protected]>> To: > Phono-l <[email protected]>> Sent: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 12:37 pm> Subject: > [Phono-L] early edison home with no serial number> > > > > > > > > > > George > and list,> > Is it possible for an Edison home not to have a serial number?> > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200181396387> > > Steve_______________________________________________> Phono-L mailing list> > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org> > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________> > More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - > http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp00050000000003> > _______________________________________________> Phono-L mailing list> > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org From [email protected] Sat Dec 8 16:52:53 2007 From: [email protected] (Ron L'Herault) Date: Sat Dec 8 17:54:01 2007 Subject: [Phono-L] Saturday Night phonograph chat Message-ID: <003301c839fd$d8e710b0$2f01a...@ronlherault> This is a reminder about the weekly phonograph chat that takes place in a little more than an hour (9:00 PM Eastern time). Join us, talk about phonos in general, what you've got, what you'd like, parts needs, repair questions, record info and who knows what else. You never know because it all depends on who shows up. You need to have Java software on your computer for the chat to work however. http://www.oldcrank.org/chat will get you to the chat site. You will need to put in a screen name and then you will be able to post and see responses. Posting is done at the bottom of the window. You put your cursor there, type and hit enter to send it to the chat. See you later. Ron L
