I would have to agree, it was a great show. I thought last year's show was a bit slower in business and attendance, but this year's show was in marked contrast. I sold items I didn't think would sell, and may buddy who I sell with every year sold several machines that he has been carting to the show for at least the past three or four years! I was very happy with my main purchase,which was a Victor M with brass belled horn from Stan for what I thought was a very good price. It now sits on my formerly empty Herzog record cabinet and it makes a pretty picture, I must say! Thanks Stan and thanks to you and Jerry for coming down. John Robles
--- On Fri, 8/14/09, Stan Stanford <s...@clarphon.com> wrote: From: Stan Stanford <s...@clarphon.com> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] CAPS phonograph show To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l@oldcrank.org> Date: Friday, August 14, 2009, 7:44 AM 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----- > From: phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org] 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? > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
