•This topic was discussed at the Cornell conference this last May. I was unaware that there had been so much effort put into this area of product development. Bob Berkman spoke about these developments (I believe Rex Lawson chimed in). Bob bravely demonstrated the idea, using a player to accompany a...

•A little while ago I queried members about early attempts by manufacturers to synchronize phonograph records with piano rolls, as accompaniment. I received several responses to that inquiry, which were very helpful. I would like to ask again, this time with a little more focus. Here are my specific...

•I am writing an article on player piano/phonograph combinations for the Antique Phonograph Society. In my research, I found that Melville Clark and Aeolian both had expectations that the piano could be played in concert with the phonograph. Both companies had designs and patents to allow some form ...

•The name "Graphophone" is no typo. That is the name used by Columbia for their machines, as opposed to "Gramophones" made by Victor and "Phonographs" made by Edison. As far as a mailing list for phono collectors, there is one, namely: phonolist@egroups.com Ray Wilenzick

[ Editor's Note: Mary Bryant and Mike Nolan are old friends. [ Although this question is a bit off the track of what we [ normally discuss here, any advice would be appreciated. [ Jody My brother has lots of old phonograph records, including some Hank Williams 78s he has been told are very valuable...

Al Menashe recently wrote: > I saw an interesting item at an auction here in Portland. It was a > Player piano with a phonograph built it. I don’t recall the brand, > but it was American made. Could it have been a "Standard Playerpiano [sic] Phonograph"? In the book "Player Piano Treasury" by Harvey...

Al Menashe mentioned a player piano-phonograph combination he saw at auction in Portland in which the phonograph was wound by treadling the piano. Karl Ellison suggested that it might have been the "Standard" Playerpiano Phonograph as described in the reprinted advertisement in the 2nd edition of Ha...

Hi guys, The "phonograph" music box described by Jim Cavanaugh is available at Walmart (at a much reduced price) and I concur - the fellow that designed it had a truly misguided idea about mechanical music. The combination of perforated roll to play a music box comb in a phonograph look alike - oh, ...

Ron and others, > On another 'note' ;-) I just returned from Walmart and can't find the > controversial little Music Box! Could someone please clarify what it > is, exactly .. and, WHERE it is located in the store?? Is it in the > 'toy' section?? Is the version available at Sears the same design?? >...

•Hello all, my name is Joel Hoshaw and this is my first posting to the group. In response to the thread of a few days ago where an individual is looking for a Cheney phonograph, there are several good resources on hand-cranked phonographs on the Internet. I recently found a group called PHONATICS at...

•Ed Copeland expresses an interest in Pathe phonographs. I wonder whether he subscribes to or knows about Martin Bryan's "New Amberola Graphic," a periodical for phonograph and phono record addicts? I can give him the address and subscription information, if he doesn't know it. It's late at night an...

•Larry Toto wrote that his Edison phonograph "seems to have a broken mainspring, a broken drive belt, and is missing the horn attachment. There are no recorded cylinders. Is there much hope of making this thing whole again?" YES! All of these repairs are easily taken care of, and are probably the mo...

•I am looking for the following items: -- Tone arm support and door knobs for a Victrola 8-4 -- Three original gold plated knobs for horn doors for a Victrola VTLA (first flat top model) -- Spring barrels for an early Victrola XI -- Mandrell double gear that engages the governor for an Edison Ambero...

•-- forwarded message, please reply to sender and MMD -- Any info would be greatly appreciated on a Pooley Phonograph. I re- cently purchased this item and the only info I have is that the Pooley Company used to make cabinets for Edison and Victrola. Thanks

•[ Thanks to Joyce Brite for her additional research and editing [ assistance with this interesting article. -- Robbie My wife Linda and I just returned Sunday from a great weekend in the Chicago area. We were invited by John Johnson, current President of MAPS (Michigan Antique Phonograph Society) a...

•This Edison advertisement in Cosmopolitan magazine shows some young men sitting around a table listening to an Edison machine. The interesting thing is the runner on the table with the Nazi swastika on it and two of the young men wearing Jewish yarmulkes. The ad was given to me, I have no date for ...

•I'd have to check on the date Harry Lauder made his first record- ings for Edison. However, I do know that they are "live" recordings; that is, the performance was acoustically recorded directly to cylinder master for pressing. Beginning with Blue Amberol cylinders numbering in the high 2400's (aro...

•College men wore beanies in those days -- see how fashion tastes change? The symbol on the cloth on the table has some significance other than that given to it by the Nazis. I have seen it used in the architecture of temples of several kinds. I'm sorry that I can't tell you what it's meanings have ...

•I doubt that the swastika in the Edison ad was a "Nazi swastika", simply due to the period of time the Edison phono was produced and sold. The swastika is an ancient Sanskrit symbol for rebirth or spiritual evolution, which was used all over the world in various artistic milieus prior to WW2. I hav...

•> ... The interesting thing is the runner on the table with the Nazi > swastika on it and two of the young men wearing Jewish yarmulkes. Dunno about the yarmulkes -- maybe they are indeed just beanies. But the swastika is always a source of great excitement amongst antique collectors, who are unawa...