[Phono-L] What a Beauty !!!!
That is priceless, someone should send it to the generous seller who is listing it, so he or she can incorporate it into the description. Bruce - Original Message - From: "Douglas Curran" To: Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:43 PM Subject: [Phono-L] What a Beauty > > Greetings: > > A friend and collector writes the following re > > http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/clt/843879502.html > > = > > "Wow! One of the extremely rare glass-cased Disk Grapho-Claxtophones! I > surely wish I lived close enough to pick it up; as you say, a bargain > price. As I understand it, only 5 of these machines were manufactured in > a joint venture by Claxton and Columbia for display at the 1903 World's > Fair in Dubuque, Iowa (theme: "Corn: A Benefactor to Man"), where the > clear case was intended to display the superioriority of a motor those two > firms had developed over that employed by Victor in its top-end machines. > None were thought to have survived the trip back to the Columbia factory > following the exhibition, as a careless rail baggage clerk dropped the > shipping case in which they had been packed, but I guess one must have > after all. That is a major rarity, and I'm really excited to see it. > Thanks for sharing! I hope that whoever buys it knows how to restore that > case. The best bet would probably be Black Windex, which combines regular > glass cleaner with rotten stone abrasive to > remove the century-plus accumulation of fingerprints and grime." > > = > > Cheers, etc. > > > Doug -- > > > > > > > _ > Get more out of the Web. Learn 10 hidden secrets of Windows Live. > http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008 > ___ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
[Phono-L] What a Beauty !!!!
Greetings: A friend and collector writes the following re http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/clt/843879502.html = "Wow! One of the extremely rare glass-cased Disk Grapho-Claxtophones! I surely wish I lived close enough to pick it up; as you say, a bargain price. As I understand it, only 5 of these machines were manufactured in a joint venture by Claxton and Columbia for display at the 1903 World's Fair in Dubuque, Iowa (theme: "Corn: A Benefactor to Man"), where the clear case was intended to display the superioriority of a motor those two firms had developed over that employed by Victor in its top-end machines. None were thought to have survived the trip back to the Columbia factory following the exhibition, as a careless rail baggage clerk dropped the shipping case in which they had been packed, but I guess one must have after all. That is a major rarity, and I'm really excited to see it. Thanks for sharing! I hope that whoever buys it knows how to restore that case. The best bet would probably be Black Windex, which combines regular glass cleaner with rotten stone abrasive to remove the century-plus accumulation of fingerprints and grime." = Cheers, etc. Doug -- _ Get more out of the Web. Learn 10 hidden secrets of Windows Live. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008
[Phono-L] What a Beauty !!!!
Priceless. --- On Wed, 9/17/08, Douglas Curran wrote: From: Douglas Curran Subject: [Phono-L] What a Beauty To: phono-l at oldcrank.org Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 7:43 PM Greetings: A friend and collector writes the following re http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/clt/843879502.html = "Wow! One of the extremely rare glass-cased Disk Grapho-Claxtophones! I surely wish I lived close enough to pick it up; as you say, a bargain price. As I understand it, only 5 of these machines were manufactured in a joint venture by Claxton and Columbia for display at the 1903 World's Fair in Dubuque, Iowa (theme: "Corn: A Benefactor to Man"), where the clear case was intended to display the superioriority of a motor those two firms had developed over that employed by Victor in its top-end machines. None were thought to have survived the trip back to the Columbia factory following the exhibition, as a careless rail baggage clerk dropped the shipping case in which they had been packed, but I guess one must have after all. That is a major rarity, and I'm really excited to see it. Thanks for sharing! I hope that whoever buys it knows how to restore that case. The best bet would probably be Black Windex, which combines regular glass cleaner with rotten stone abrasive to remove the century-plus accumulation of fingerprints and grime." = Cheers, etc. Doug -- _ Get more out of the Web. Learn 10 hidden secrets of Windows Live. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008 ___ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
[Phono-L] Phono-L Digest, Vol 5, Issue 254
In a message dated 9/17/2008 12:23:55 PM Pacific Daylight Time, phono-l-request at oldcrank.org writes: http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/clt/843879502.html At least you can see what is wrong if something breaks. Positive thought. Larry **Pt...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog, plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com. (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty000514)
[Phono-L] What a Beauty
I wonder if there are multiple pieces of this fine example of art available? They would make fabulous gifts! I wonder if this "$" symbol is intended to really mean U.S. dollars though? -Original Message- From: phono-l-bounces at oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org] On Behalf Of BruceY Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:04 AM To: Phono-l at oldcrank.org Cc: phonolist at yahoogroups.com Subject: [Phono-L] What a Beauty http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/clt/843879502.html My goodness, what a beauty and at such a bargain price!! ___ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
[Phono-L] What a Beauty
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/clt/843879502.html My goodness, what a beauty and at such a bargain price!!
