Tall Tales of the Phono Hobby.

[VintageTechnologies]

Other than telling a few friends, this is the first I have shown any pictures or spoken of it. It is in a safe place.

Holy cow! What a find. You really ought to post that on YouTube.

I have found two interesting Edison disks over the years. I think I have mentioned in this forum in the past that I went to a small auction in East Texas and bought for $2 a custom band recording that Edison made for Drury High School in North Adams, Massachusetts in 1924. I did considerable research about the record. I think only 300 copies were pressed and after 30 years, I have seen evidence of only 4 or 5 survivors. Michael Cumella (aka MAC) played one on his show years ago. I tried contacting him to compare notes, but never received a reply. I sold my copy on eBay 10 years ago.

My other interesting Edison disk is a true single-sided 10" DD with a standard B&W label and handwritten title. It is a telegraph record recorded from a typical Morse sounder that would be found in any telegraph office, so it has a click-clacking sound, and does not sound like a buzzer. The code was Continental Morse AKA Railroad Morse, so my ham radio buddy has been unable to read it.

[DGPros]

Other than telling a few friends, this is the first I have shown any pictures or spoken of it. It is in a safe place.

Holy cow! What a find. You really ought to post that on YouTube.

I have found two interesting Edison disks over the years. I think I have mentioned in this forum in the past that I went to a small auction in East Texas and bought for $2 a custom band recording that Edison made for Drury High School in North Adams, Massachusetts in 1924. I did considerable research about the record. I think only 300 copies were pressed and after 30 years, I have seen evidence of only 4 or 5 survivors. Michael Cumella (aka MAC) played one on his show years ago. I tried contacting him to compare notes, but never received a reply. I sold my copy on eBay 10 years ago.

My other interesting Edison disk is a true single-sided 10" DD with a standard B&W label and handwritten title. It is a telegraph record recorded from a typical Morse sounder that would be found in any telegraph office, so it has a click-clacking sound, and does not sound like a buzzer. The code was Continental Morse AKA Railroad Morse, so my ham radio buddy has been unable to read it.

I don't have a long play reproducer, plus if I did I would be nervous I would damage it. I also found one which, I believe it was, Secretary Frank Baldwin,(I need to locate my notes and the record) announced his retirement to the jobbers on one side of the record.I started another thread so as not to hijack this one. http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... =3&t=24978