Hi, all --- The complete story of the "Yankee Prince" talking machine and its relation to other I'Neill-James products and the entire Chicago talking machine scene can be read about in (some would say excruciating) detail in a number of articles I wrote beginning in the early 1970s for publications like the APM (Antique Phonograph Monthly) and the Talking Machine Review International. Many older collectors have these publications in their libraries, but if you don't know anyone who might have them, the story will also be found in a few of the books George Paul and I wrote, primarily "The Talking Machine, an Illustrated Compendium" and "Discovering Antique Phonographs." These books are commonly available from a variety of sources, including www.phonophan.com and eBay.
It depends on how much you really want to know about O'Neill-James, because I got into it on the obsessive level -- I mean, right down to quoting from the amateur poetry of Arthur J. O'Neill. But if all you want it a one-paragraph precis of the story, e-mail me off-line and I'll send you the quick and slick version. Cheers, Tim Fabrizio phonophan PO Box 747 Henrietta, NY 14467 TEL 585 582 1586 FAX 585 582 2624 Web site: www.phonophan.com _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
