[Phono-L] videos on the making of phonograph cylinders

http://youtu.be/aAvBl-4h4cU http://youtu.be/XS9l79FtrSU http://youtu.be/VB_YDdPRJYI The Above videos take you from Edison's cylinder blank production to how blanks are made at Borri Audio Laboratories. You will see the manufacture of metallic soap, the molding of a phonograph blank (in 1900 and

[Phono-L] Another cylinder maker.

Chuck and I do not live far apart, and he is a good friend of mine. His blanks are serious business, as far as he documents every small detail that happens in every batch. Every batch is sampled and tested, and each blank comes with a data sheet. As all of us who make blanks, his has a

[Phono-L] Edison Cutter Stili

Many missed the boat on the cutting stili that Rich and I had worked on, at least 7 years ago, maybe more. I had designed the stylus and Rich made it happen. It was cupped center sapphires, as close to an original Edison 2 minute cutter that can be made, they were made long (10mm) so you

[Phono-L] Not rushing old technology in todays fast paced instant I Want It NOw society.

Does the place in the Netherlands, actually make Shellac records. It seems too many people think this old technology is like going to the store and purchasing it and it is ready right away, it would be nice but that is not how it is. It is my understanding it takes a minimum of a day to make

[Phono-L] Home SN

Hi George I have Home H 1265, about when was this made, I am thinking about February 1897. It has a brass mandrel, I used to have the original carriage however it was very rusty where the half nut was, Thinking back it was a dumb mistake, I traded it for a good one that had clips, I think the

[Phono-L] Cylinder blanks ect.

I do offer cylinder recording service, it is 35.00 a cylinder. I make blanks 10 for 150.00. http://members.tripod.com/~Edison_1/ is my website, I do have acoustic and electrical ways of transcribing, I rather am fond of acoustic dubbing though, it offeres more clarity and less distortion.

[Phono-L] New spiral core brown wax blanks.

I will have some examples of the new spiral core brown wax blanks I make at the Union show. http://members.tripod.com/~Edison_1/ You can see a photo of them. One new mold is done, and working, the other should be finished soon. The new design, made the reject rate only 10% instead of 60% and

[Phono-L] introducing the new recording blank.

http://members.tripod.com/edison_1/ If you look on my homepage the new 2 minute brown wax cylinder blank has come to fruition. The molds have been in planning since last summer, and the prototype was tried out a few weeks ago, and produced historically accurate blanks. It makes my old

[Phono-L] Re grease

I use Mobile 1 synthetic grease for springs, and I mix in some graphite to help along. I use synthetic castrol on the motor with not too much problems,. ___ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org

[Phono-L] Updates.

My new blank molds should be finished by the end of next week, so I will have examples for sale at Union this year. I am very excited, Because of constructive feedback, from you all I have been tackling the diffficluties one by one. The new blanks have an outside diamiter of almost 2.3 I

[Phono-L] Negovan/Borri EP

http://www.etsy.com/listing/91444053/thomas-negovan-by-popular-demand-blood Is where you can purchase a copy of this projects. The 45 rpm, eight song 10 blood red and ink EP was a 500 copy limited edition pressing, in Art Nouveau style. The masters for all songs were from brown wax that we

[Phono-L] Bolden Movie

I hope they release the movie, they spent over $50,000,000 on it, it has well known actors. As for Buddy Bolden record, as far as I know the cylinders were destroyed when the shed that the cylinders were kept in, was torn down in 1960. The actual recording machine that Oscar Zahn had used

Re: [Phono-L] Phono-L Digest, Vol 8, Issue 356

was setting up in the lobby afterwards, and playing recordings, and having a Q.A session. There is definitely more interest with the general public, it still amazes and astounds, especially when done right. Of course many of the scientists, and lecturers were inspired by Thomas Edison. When

[Phono-L] Duke Special session.

Was doing some looking today, to see if any footage was around from recording the Irish pop artist Duke Special, and I found a little clip in the documentary on the making of I never Thought This Day would Come And I thought I would share it with you, look around the 19 second mark, you see

[Phono-L] Duke Specal RE

studio condenser microphones to get the original sound, it was as loud as a gold moulded record. I should purchase a copy for my archives. I gave a lecture at Millinkin University in Decatur IL for his class, it was on public TV. Some of my clients have been Thomas Edison Historical Park

[Phono-L] New cylinder record project.

Hello all, here is the latest cylinder project. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/337503446/2011-cylinder-record-to-tape-to-vinyl-all-analog-r/posts If you wonder why it takes so long to receive orders, here is an indication of why, this project was over 100 hours to complete, just my

[Phono-L] prices

The class M was $20,000.00 and the Edison Bell Commercial was $15,000.00. Charley Hummel. Had a nice selection of brown wax records. I had chats with Paul Morris, his blanks are much improved, over two years ago, they. Fit the mandrel better, and new wax formula. We talked about how

[Phono-L] prices

The class M was $20,000.00 and the Edison Bell Commercial was $15,000.00. Charley Hummel. Had a nice selection of brown wax records. I had chats with Paul Morris, his blanks are much improved, over two years ago, they. Fit the mandrel better, and new wax formula. We talked about how

Re: [Phono-L] Phono-L Digest, Vol 8, Issue 143

I know this will strike horror in some collectors,. However when LOC moved the archives from D.C. To Culpepper, I applied for a job as an audio expert there, and did make it the first interview, stage which I thought was quite an accomplishment. I am still a consultant.

[Phono-L] new name? OR Quit.

Effective immidiately, no longer Edison Phonograph Works. Thought about quittng this hobby someone either steals my work, claiming it as there own, makes complaints, not to mention the $200,000.00 worth of experimental live cylinders that are mia. I. Have a daughter now and I do not need all

[Phono-L] Re What is this.

The first time I viewed this and made my answer, I just saw the top of the recorder, which Is shaped like the Edison factory recorders, I was viewing it on a phone, and so now I went back to it, and made the photos bigger, and observed the other photo of the business end on a regular computer.

[Phono-L] re what is this?

Yes, I was thinking U.S. Too! I transcribed a rare brown celluloid prototype Everlasting record, with a Yellow composit core, it was Jack Tar by Hedges Orchestra,. You could hear people talking just before the announcement, the bass response was exellent.

Re: [Phono-L] what is this?

I thought I was among seasoned old timy collectors who knew everything, about everything! This. Is an Edison/ Walter Miller factory recording head, for studio use to make master cylinder recordings, the knob is the advance ball adjustment. This device should ONLY be in the hands of someone

[Phono-L] UJ cds

I need to redo the cd, I have the master, but my daughter broke my laptop. I should redo the whole cd with sonar the 44bx and the united audio tube pre amp with benchmark A/D convertor. It is a small state of the art studio I do phone hold commercials for,

[Phono-L] Edison brown wax manufacture

A have posted a few movies on youtube showing the process of making the aluminum stearate soap base for brown wax. Most all cylinder waxes, brown and black, Edison, and Columbia, use an aluminum soap base, the colorant, and other attitives are what make them different. C

[Phono-L] wax making

The wax is made in an open carport,as making the wax has bad fumes reaching well over 400 degrees. I now use an accurate digital themometer. The molding is done at a much lower temperature, and the mold is kept warm, but the mandrel has to be cooled for each record. I have to organize and put

[Phono-L] amberola cabinets

I woud retore the III cabinet at all costs, the shelf is not hard to duplicate. My A-150 dd had a missing shelf, and I made a new one with a mahogany board, and made a stencil of another machine and duplicated it. Many f these cabinets are almost black and very bubbed, restore it! The 150 is

[Phono-L] Cal Stewart and Shawn Borri on Dr. Demento show.

I found a playlist for Dr. Demento, and it had an original Cal Stewart, and also Uncle Josh Buys a Computer by Shawn Borri (me). I have not listended to Dr D in awhile, so I was really surpised to find me on here. http://dmdb.org/cgi-bin/plinfo.pl?drd10.1106.html I have not listened to the

[Phono-L] an idea

One of my ideas I always wanted to do, was open a working cylinder studio, that used the floorplan of 79 5th ave, in a turn of the century building, have the studio upstairs, and a model of an Edison dealership downstairs. The studio could record two and four minute cylinders, and diamond

Re: [Phono-L] Phono-L Digest, Vol 7, Issue 196

I always notice that threads about frankenphones, and non helpul stuff like that go on forever,while. Talk about how to mold records, or how to adjust the brushes on the governor, so there is no wow , or how to. Change the electrolytic, sal amoniac for Grennet plunge battery for a class M get

[Phono-L] cylinder advancements

The latest blanks are the same color, hardness and tone as a regular brown wax Edison Blanks. I have more precision equipment, a digital themometer and an ohuas laboratoy balance down to a hundreth of a gram, for more batch consistancy. The changes in color of brown blanks have nothing to do

[Phono-L] restored or not

It depends, If a machine is original and in exellent condition, leave it alone cosmetically, although the works should be cleaned, and adjusted. I had an amberola x in the other day, and cleaned the works and put it back together the belt was original and good shape, it worked great two hours

[Phono-L] interview for peria magazine

I had an interviewer a few moths ago whotook the amtrack, then to my house via bycicle. Http://peoriamagazines.com/as2010/nov-dec/outside-box-inside-cylinder or go to google. Shawn Borri. Peoria magazines. Will work too. It is full page color. I actually had the record plant set up as well.

Re: [Phono-L] early molded records

Steve,7000 series is what I have seen. I think that flat enders were made until about 1903,and yes, the surface is very thin, with thick ribs, the ribs on the cylinders. Are made. With a special knife, and this was done when the record was still expanded in the mold, and the record hot, however

[Phono-L] early GMs

Yes, Allen, the numbers are very hard to see, I have The Star Spangled Banner, and In the Shadow Of the Pine. The. Grooves almost go to the end of the record, and the numbers very faint. ___ Phono-L mailing

[Phono-L] flat end gold molded

Kind of curious how many early , flat end Edison molded records are around. It seems many of these still have brown wax catalog numbers. I only have two. The composition for these is very similar to brown wax, except for caranauba and lampblack, and more aluminum. COLUMBIA black wax is nothing

[Phono-L] Blanks for Sale and Rich Goodin Contact me.

Hi Phono L, I have 3 dozen new brown wax blanks for sale, they have channeled North American rims, and all but 2 blanks are various shades of brown, there is a white, and a yellow cream colored one in the lots, made of the same formula, they are just from an earlier batch before I started cast

[Phono-L] Edison recording saphires-Rich Goodin

Rich, several people have contacted in need of the recording points please contact me. 815-608-0024. Thanks. Shawn. From: phono-l-requ...@oldcrank.org Subject: Phono-L Digest, Vol 7, Issue 129 To: phono-l@oldcrank.org Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:00:02 -0700 Send Phono-L mailing list

[Phono-L] decals

I have never really liked water slide decals, my favorite are the varnish transfer, using the solvent, and then shellac over the top, and on early machines using a bugler striping kit, to make the gold stripes, with gilding powder dissolved in artist oil , or a gold paint pen for corners,

[Phono-L] Changes and observations making wax.

I have lost count now, of how many blank cylinders I have molded, from raw materials, it is over ten thousand probably approaching seventeen thousand! This includes experiments, and ones that did not make it. My last project was for the Buddy Bolden motion picture that is being filmed in

[Phono-L] various cylinder stuff

One customer of mine that over the years has used over 300 of my blanks, for saving voices of those who are the last to speak certain dialets, and to tell stories, and turn the Phonograph into characters. This is a vidio explaining his various projects, Pablo Helguera. There were very

[Phono-L] Electrical transcription playback.

http://www.gradolabs.com/frameset_main.htm These are wonderful cartridges, Grado Labs, they are in Brooklyn New York, and very reasonable, audiophiles love them, I have a grado green on my turntable, and you can get various stili for it, and with a frequency range of 10-50,000 cps, you can't

[Phono-L] Class M Belt Adjustment.

Edison patent 499879 shows the tension adjustment you speak of. The Screw C serves to adjust the frame A on the box B for the purpose of tightening the driving belt as will be presently explained, and the lugs b' are slotted to permit this movement the screw b being finaly tightend after

[Phono-L] Low serial number Edison home.

My early Edison home is number H1265, last patent date is June 30, 1893. (This still probably dates from around 1897). This machine has the lift lever rest on the left side, and a brass mandrel, cast iron drive pully on the bottom, not skelital topworks, Originally had the weighted feed nut,

Re: [Phono-L] Phono-L Digest, Vol 6, Issue 150

I have not found a shure fire way yet, of shipping cylinders, I now try to by the eggs that come in a square with the 2 carton sides, and wrap my cylinder boxes in that and tape them up real good, then bubble wrap around that. The inside has bubble wrap between the 3 rows of blanks. There is

[Phono-L] good phonograph

I will have to agree with Greg on the Newcomb school phonograph. This has a ceramic cartridge, however, but still sounds great, and the proper stylus for LP and 78 rpm records, We have one of them. The one we have is tube, although later on they were transistor, I prefer the sound of the tube

[Phono-L] Blanks for Sale

Hello everyone I have 36 blanks for sale, in 3 boxes, a dozen blanks per box. PO money Order or papal. I only sell what I make. 216.00 per box, in the US. _ You live life beyond your PC. So now Windows goes beyond your PC.

[Phono-L] Lateral Vs Vertical.

Hello everyone. Thinking of the L and V issue, I have a very simple response from cutting records. I had recorded Laquers with the Fairchild lathe , in order to record high frequencies, I had to boost them to a dangerous level almost burning the coil up. When you record you boost highs and

[Phono-L] Triumph Model F for sale

I am taking offers on a Triumph model F, in Opera style case. Let mebe honest this was a basket case machine, and needs cabinet work onthe hinges. The motor has new springs, and bull gear, it needs theproper long on and off lever, an original aduster for the tension. itis sans reproducer and

[Phono-L] Napkin Rings

These are little 30 second stubby cylinders, that I have a contract with a museum with, that are specifically for school children to test their voice on cylinders. I don't sell the napkin rings as the Mould is supplied by the museum, and I am not ready to say for who.

[Phono-L] Concert Records

SAs far as I know P.M. is the only maker of wax concert records. I though think he sells blank concerts too. I only make standard and napkin ring cylinders and blanks. I wish I had concert moulds for blanks, but do not as yet. I think Wizard has new concerts made of the new hard material. I

[Phono-L] Duke Special cylinder session

I went to Champaign IL to Pogo Studioshttp://www.pogostudio.net/aboutpogo.htmand did a most wonderful recording with Duke Special from Ireland. Heis known for his gramophone effects in his recordings. We cut 2 songson cylinder for the up-coming CD. I am not at liberty to say anythingmore

[Phono-L] Union??

Hello, everyone, just wondering if we have any reports on the Union Phonograph show, I did not get to attend this year?? _ The i?m Talkathon starts 6/24/08.? For now, give amongst yourselves.

[Phono-L] Union

I most likely will not be attending this year, would like to but will probably be working. Edison Phonograph Works has a new phone number and address, I moved to Peru IL about 7 months ago. I will have some more blanks up for sale soon on the website http://members.tripod.com/~edison_1/ Will

[Phono-L] recycled cds

I actually did this a long time ago, maybe 5 years ago. I cut them on my Fairchild 199 lathe. These did not sound too bad either, the surface noise was quite low even though I did not use a good cutter but rather a ground phono needle made in a triangle plow shape. I would like a nice

[Phono-L] DD and other vertical discs

The Only other records that will play on a Diamond disc are 150 tpi Vertical cut Gennett records. I think though that these were designed for machines that use steel needles in the vertical position, these are thick blue label, and you can see that they have the same groove as a DD. I notice on

[Phono-L] America cylinder

I had a conversation today with Judith Gray head of the Federal Cylinder Project, and Jennifer Cutting transcriber of the folk music division of The library of Congress. We were talking about the playback of the Phonautograph plates. Anyway somwhere in the conversation, I had mentioned the

[Phono-L] Phonogram Blanks

...@mail.intellitechcomputing.com blu105-w50cab8dc75e2b58e0a7313d1...@phx.gbl Message-ID: 47e70b40.6040...@octoxol.com Thomas Edison wrote: I have a total of 24 blanks for sale http://members.tripod.com/~edison_1 On the Store Page. These blanks are sold in 2 lots of 12 blanks. I have a policy of only selling