Caruso's Victrola
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Caruso's Victrola
I was looking at an older topic, talking of the VTM holy grail and I stumbled upon this image. Does anyone know what became of the Caruso Period Victrola pictured here?
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Re: Caruso's Victrola
I don't know what became of it, but I would hope that it remains in the ownership of the Caruso family to this day.
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Re: Caruso's Victrola
I just hope it has survived. (To be honest, I wish it were surviving at my house!
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Re: Caruso's Victrola
I’ve heard stories varying from it being destroyed to still being in the Caruso family. Or maybe it’s in my house...
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Re: Caruso's Victrola
Hahaha BrandonHisMastersVoice wrote:I’ve heard stories varying from it being destroyed to still being in the Caruso family. Or maybe it’s in my house...
Well in that case, you may also have a tantalizing cache of test pressings of unpublished Caruso recordings he probably kept in there!
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Certainly hoping it wasn't destroyed! Hopefully someone knows where it is! Or maybe you just told meHisMastersVoice wrote:I’ve heard stories varying from it being destroyed to still being in the Caruso family. Or maybe it’s in my house...
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Re: Caruso's Victrola
Well if that's true then I wanna see some detailed pictures
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Well, you see....it’s haunted by the spirit of Caruso, and when you take a photo, it just looks like a standard Queen Anne XIV. It’s the strangest thing....Viva-voce wrote:Well if that's true then I wanna see some detailed pictures
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Oh ok--well then...."Spirto gentil, ne' sogni miei..."HisMastersVoice wrote:Well, you see....it’s haunted by the spirit of Caruso, and when you take a photo, it just looks like a standard Queen Anne XIV. It’s the strangest thing....Viva-voce wrote:Well if that's true then I wanna see some detailed pictures
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Re: Caruso's Victrola
If it is still around I'd guess it is with one of Caruso's two grandsons - who I believe are still alive. His daughter passed in 1999. There is also an illegitimate line including Enrico Caruso IV.