Re: [Phono-L] The last word on Diamond Discs...I think

2010-01-01 Thread Steven Medved
with. Steve From: ge...@comcast.net To: phono-l@oldcrank.org Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:39:50 -0500 Subject: Re: [Phono-L] The last word on Diamond Discs...I think The machine is gone. If a table model is 70 lbs, the London must have weighed well over a 100 lbs. I could not even lift one side

Re: [Phono-L] The last word on Diamond Discs...I think

2010-01-01 Thread Andrew Baron
Phonograph List Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 1:11 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] The last word on Diamond Discs...I think Too bad you didn't get some pics of it - I wanted to see what made it seem such a mess. The solder is supposed to be there, as Ron L'H said, and if there was anything

Re: [Phono-L] The last word on Diamond Discs...I think

2009-12-31 Thread ger
bubbling. And some day I'll get to hear them. Happy New Year to everyone. Stay healthy and safe. :) Ger - Original Message - From: DanKj To: Antique Phonograph List Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 1:11 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] The last word on Diamond Discs...I think Too

Re: [Phono-L] The last word on Diamond Discs...I think

2009-12-27 Thread Zonophone2006
ger _Michigan Antique Phonograph Society_ (http://www.michiganantiquephonographsociety.org/) you should go to one of the phono shows in the spring there is one in wayne new jersey and i believe lynn bilton still has one in connecticut about 50 mile south of you down rte 7 you may be

Re: [Phono-L] The last word on Diamond Discs...I think

2009-12-27 Thread bruce78rpm
@oldcrank.org Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 1:11:15 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [Phono-L] The last word on Diamond Discs...I think Too bad you didn't get some pics of it - I wanted to see what made it seem such a mess. The solder is supposed to be there, as Ron L'H said

Re: [Phono-L] The last word on Diamond Discs...I think

2009-12-27 Thread DanKj
Too bad you didn't get some pics of it - I wanted to see what made it seem such a mess. The solder is supposed to be there, as Ron L'H said, and if there was anything running into the horn it was just a volume control, which I remove anyway because it muffles the sound. The straps behind the

Re: [Phono-L] The last word on Diamond Discs...I think

2009-12-27 Thread Tom Jordan
home office. Tom -Original Message- From: phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org] On Behalf Of DanKj Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 12:11 PM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] The last word on Diamond Discs...I think Too bad you didn't get some

Re: [Phono-L] The last word on Diamond Discs...I think

2009-12-27 Thread Dan K
' phono-l@oldcrank.org Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 6:49 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] The last word on Diamond Discs...I think I found a BC 34 console phonograph many years ago stuffed in the back room of an antique store with a bunch of old sewing machines. They didn't know what it was and sold

[Phono-L] The last word on Diamond Discs...I think

2009-12-26 Thread ger
The poor London model of Edison's Diamond Disc machine looks like it had been tortured. The vertical section was there afterall, but a cable, wood block and some other things (part going into the horn) were missing. Someone had SOLDERED the horn on the top to another piece (sloppy shiney

Re: [Phono-L] The last word on Diamond Discs...I think

2009-12-26 Thread Ron L'Herault
, December 26, 2009 10:14 PM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: [Phono-L] The last word on Diamond Discs...I think The poor London model of Edison's Diamond Disc machine looks like it had been tortured. The vertical section was there afterall, but a cable, wood block and some other things (part going