The CAROLINA SHOW, scheduled for March 15, has been canceled, according to Bobby Barnes of the Carolina Chapter of MAPS, the show's sponsor. Best regards, Eileen & Phil Stewart
**************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025 48) From [email protected] Sun Feb 10 22:16:59 2008 From: [email protected] (Robert Wright) Date: Sun Feb 10 22:17:05 2008 Subject: [Phono-L] Portables References: <[email protected]><024b01c868b7$77e72500$6500a...@your4dacd0ea75> <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Here's another Carryola on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-1920S-ORNATE-VIOLIN-CRANK-PHONOGRAPH-COOL_W0QQitemZ300197975631QQihZ020QQcategoryZ1442QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem My question is about the add-a-tone patent of 1925 referenced on the reproducer. It looks like a combination recorder/reproducer design from the late 1870's (figuratively, of course)! Surely this wasn't intended for home recordings. More likely, I assume, just another sound source for more volume. This typically wouldn't be conducive to pleasant playback (and certainly not accurate playback), as waves coming from the front side of the diaphragm (the side not facing the tonearm tube/horn) would be out of phase and time-misaligned with the waves coming from the horn, but maybe they thought the extended length of that overly-curvy tonearm would make the distance traveled by the waves coming out of the horn long enough that phase issues would no longer have a detrimental effect -- thus by amplifying the waves coming from the non-tonearm side of the diaphragm, they were "add"ing more "tone". Or was it just another way to establish a BS patent/avoid a Victor patent infringement? Thoughts? Best, Robert
