What Allen is referring to is that Gianni Bettini, famous for his high-class recordings and "Micro-Phonograph" attachments is credited with dreaming up the Puck. There's an article concerning this I'm sure he can direct interested readers to.
The very first Pucks, with "lyre" base, employed wooden mandrels and a reproducer that was the virtual "spit-and-image" of the Columbia gutta percha floater from the 90s. The horn was one with a straight flare, very 90s looking. It is likely these very early machines were introduced prior to the turn of the 20th century -- though we must remember that imitations of outdated American products persisted in Europe because they were considered good models from which to draw copies. Hence the presence of a copy of a gutta percha reproducer does not necessarily indicate a date in the 1897 period, when the.technology was current in the USA. Cheers, Tim F. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, Jan 18, 2011 2:30 pm Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Puck Machines In a message dated 1/17/2011 9:32:11 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: The Puck machines were made in Germany, starting with the original lyric design in 1901 -------------- Doesn't the Lyre-style "Puck" base go back to 1897-1898 (Bettini in the US and Bahre/Bolle in Germany)? Allen _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
