Your notation on your photo page about the lamp shade brings up an interesting point: I'm not sure that these earliest electric motor machines, including the "electrola" XVI were originally equipped with lamp shades. I've seen pictures of them with the elongated, "flame shaped" lamp fully exposed with no shade at all. The metal shades seem to have become standard fare with the orthophonic vintage models. Those shades were generally spherical and were meant to be used with the globe shaped, frosted glass lamps. Anybody else know anything about this?
Greg Bogantz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walt" <[email protected]> To: "'Antique Phonograph List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 9:54 PM Subject: [Phono-L] Victor Electrola Sheraton No.500 Owners - And a Story ofDiscovery >I just bought a VE Sheraton 500 Period Victrola, Serial Number 559. I am > hoping to find another owner or others who are familiar with the Sheraton > model. I have a few questions about some cabinet hardware. > > Here is a link to some preliminary pictures of mine: > http://www.victrolaguy.com/sheraton500.htm > > If anyone has a Victor Sheraton 500 or can refer me to someone who does, I > would love to hear from you. I recall seeing one at the Victorian Mansion > last year during the Union Show, but I have to admit that it was the only > one that I had seen until I picked this one up. > > A while back there was a thread in phono-l whose subject was: "Stories of > Discoveries". In one of the replies my Uncle George (George Paul) told a > story of his hesitation to buy an Amberola 1A (I think) in Stroudsburg, PA > back in about 1973. I remember his mention of banjo music from a scene in > "Deliverance". Well, rather than hesitate, I immediately headed out in a > snow storm late last Friday night on a round trip of about 5 hours. I was > determined that even if I had to deal with a mentally-challenged banjo > picking hillbilly or his Uncle Dad, that I was going to come home with > that > Sheraton... George's 1973 close encounter with an Amberola 1A acquisition > keeps me stirred up. > > Walt > > From [email protected] Mon Feb 25 18:03:42 2008 From: [email protected] (Ken and Brenda Brekke) Date: Mon Feb 25 20:04:40 2008 Subject: [Phono-L] Interesting Edison item on Craigslist In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <20080226020400.bgid17353.aarprv04.charter....@your4dacd0ea75> Loran has a great site here so let's please keep this forum for phonograph related topics. The original topic was related to an "Interesting Edison item on Craigslist" The two links below are not called for. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Douglas Houston Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 7:44 PM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Interesting Edison item on Craigslist Terrific copy that you've done here. No bout adoubt it, your head's screwed on right, and mighty tight, too. I feel that I may be preaching to the choir here, but I want to offer you two interesting and informative articles that spell out just who is running this country and, off course, the whole world. Try these for enlightenment: http://www.newswithviews.com/guest_opinion/guest82.htm http://www.newswithviews.com/Hayes/gianni8.htm And, if you can get an honest accounting on the Club of Rome, you may get shocked out of your shoes. > [Original Message] > From: Jim Nichol <[email protected]> > To: Antique Phonograph List <[email protected]> > Date: 2/25/2008 8:03:58 PM > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Interesting Edison item on Craigslist > > No, Edison did not sell Edison General Electric. It was a hostile > takeover by the Thomson-Houston Company (they bought up a controlling > interest in Edison General Electric's stock). The merged company was > under control of Thomson's managment, and renamed General Electric. > Edison was allowed on the board of directors, but quit after he > realized he had no authority. > > By the way, I work for GE. > > Jim Nichol > > On Feb 25, 2008, at 3:17 PM, Greg Bogantz wrote: > > > Consequently, he created the Edison General Electric Company, > > together with some fat cash investors to handle the drudgery of > > dealing with the whole lamp and power distribution business. When > > he needed more cash for his laboratory, he sold out his interest in > > the company to the fat butts, they dropped the "Edison" from the > > company name, and they went on to create one of the biggest cash > > cows in Murkan history. > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
