Presumably not many. I have recently bumped into a collector who has a couple of them and will be putting more pictures up on that CAPP Vitaphone page shortly. (So many machines, so little time...)
Cheers, Keith Wright > Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 23:23:08 +0000 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone Tone Arm > > Good Luck with your sale Bob, I went to the link and that is really > fascinating alternate sound technology for its time. Wonder how many of the > actual units still survive. > > Bruce > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob" <[email protected]> > To: "Phono L List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 10:15:31 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [Phono-L] Vitaphone Tone Arm > > I am in the process of downsizing and am selling off miscellaneous phonograph > items. I have a complete tone arm and diaphragm for a Vitaphone phonograph. I > know this design was manufactured and sold in Canada from 1913 to 1916. It is > unusual in that the tone arm did not contain the diaphragm. It was mounted in > a stand at the rear of the arm. The arm is made of wood and it vibrated. The > vibrations were transferred to the diaphragm which is mounted at the rear of > the arm. My arm is similar to those shown at > http://www.keithwright.ca/CAPP/Vitaphone/vitaphone.html According to this web > sight the tone arm was capable of playing both lateral and vertical cut > records. I can supply pictures of my parts to anyone that is seriously > interested in it. I don't have an idea of the value of this piece so I will > sell it to the highest offer I receive. If you are interested, email me at > [email protected] and I will provide detailed pictures of my part. > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _________________________________________________________________ Got a phone? Get Hotmail & Messenger for mobile! http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9724464 _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
