Jerry Blais and I drove to the CAPS Show as usual. There were interesting
machines to buy and I sold most of what I brought including 6 phonographs
and many related small items. The entertainment for the Banquet as Scott
and Denise have described was superb....as good as any I have seen over the
past 10 or 12 years. Jerry and I sat next to the fellows running the
projector. The precision with which they worked was amazing, and the
pianist played non-stop for about 1 1/2 hours. In addition to all this we
heard the world's oldest recorded sound from about 1857 thanks to David
Giovannoni. Congrats CAPS for such a great Show!!!
Stan Stanford, President
Oregon Territory Antique Phonograph Society
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott and Denise Corbett" <sdcorb...@earthlink.net>
To: "'Antique Phonograph List'" <phono-l@oldcrank.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 10:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] CAPS phonograph show
For those who could not make the CAPS phonograph show in Southern
California, it was a great show! We have attended all 24 years the show
has
been held and it was the best show ever! A Busy Bee disc (minus
reproducer)
for $125 and a Columbia BF for $300 were among the many bargains. Rare
machines like an Edison Schoolhouse (one of 27 known) were also for sale.
One dealer offered 100's of playable cylinder for .75 to $2.00 each. I
overheard one guy on his cell phone telling his friend "You need to get
down
here now. You won't believe what great stuff is here!" That was just the
show. The banquet the night before included a silent auction with 200
lots,
and a great dinner. The presentation was amazing. Joe Rinaudo presented a
range of silent movies on his original hand cranked projector. Original
glass slides were shown (including phonograph ads) while the reels were
changed. "A Trip to the Moon" , Buster Keaton's "COPS", and Laurel &
Hardy's
immortal "Big Business" were among the classics shown. I had a difficult
time deciding what was more interesting: Watching the movies or watching
him
crank and work the equipment! All the films had live piano accompaniment.
The presenters wore period costumes to set the mood. As a bonus, we heard
a
concert cylinder played on a original Polyphone Concert machine. Wow, what
volume!
Mark your calendars for next August!
-Scott & Denise Corbett
-----Original Message-----
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On
Behalf Of rrocr...@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 6:44 PM
To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Phono-L Digest, Vol 6, Issue 150
Any information of CAPS convention?
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