Hi Jim, You could be correct, I'll have to see if my mom remembers any further specifics, I for some reason thought the town was Orange or East Orange.
Thanks for the name of the guy, that will be helpful. Clint > Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:42:39 +0000 > From: edisonstuff at comcast.net > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Collectibles - How's That For Originality? > To: Antique Phonograph List <phono-l at oldcrank.org> > Message-ID: > > <081720081842.4166.48A8711F000385E700001046220588636000009A9B9C02019C070B0A > at comcast.net> > > Content-Type: text/plain > > Hi Clint, > > I think you may be thinking of Al Gerlichtin of Bloomfield, NJ but as far as > I know he never worked for Edison. But he had a whale of a lot of phonograph > machines & stuff in his basement around back of his house, That was the place > to go way back in the 60's & 70's to get Phono's & parts. Hope that helps ! > > Jim G. > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "Clint Spaar" <clint.spa at gmail.com> > >> Originality is when you could buy phonographs, cylinders, and parts >> from guys that worked with Edison... >> I remember going with my mother back in the ealy 1970's sometime I >> think around 1972 to a house in East Orange, NJ, She was looking for >> Concert cylinders, since she just acquired a Concert player from her >> great grandmother. An antique dealer told her the only place she >> would probably find some good concert cylinders was from these guys >> who lived in East Orange, NJ, they had worked in Edisons factory, and >> still had a basement full of phonographs, cylinders and parts. I >> remember going too the house, around back, and going down the cellars >> stairs, and there in the basement were shelves of Edison phongraphs, >> and boxes & boxes of cylinders, and parts. I was only 12 then, so I >> couldn't really understand the magnitude of all of this, but my mother >> did pick up 4 concert cylinders, a tube of Edison gear oil, and an >> Edison phonograph catalogue, and my brother & I bought about 10 black >> regular cylinders to play on a Standard we had bought. Maybe someone >> here on the list might have some further information about these guys? >> I'm sure they are long gone, they were both in theri golden years >> back then. >> >> Clint >>
