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The new issue of The Antique Phonograph just arrived. About to settle down with it for the evening's reading.

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My copy arrived yesterday and it is a great magazine.

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I would encourage everyone to consider membership in the Antique Phonograph Society. Jerry Blais

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Awesome edition!! I too, would highly recommend any member of this Forum also join the APS. The depth of knowledge and research of material is great!!
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Great articles!

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I'm pleased to learn that the journal is arriving. A member in Chicago received his last week! As usual, the Pony Express hasn't yet made it to Western New York State, but I'd rather be among the last to get it than the first... :)

Thanks to a number of kind members on this Forum, there's an article on AH Disc Graphophones in this issue which (for the first time I believe) sorts out the four major variations of this model. Thanks to all who helped. Here are a couple of photos that didn't make the cut...

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That is a beautiful setup George. I love the matching cabinet, very stylish.

I sure hope that my magazine arrives in time for the supposedly rainy Sunday. :)

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Thanks, Andreas.

The AH in these photos is the same one we showed in The Talking Machine Compendium which came with original carrying cases for the machine and horn. I've admired that AH for 20 years, and last fall the owner offered it to me for what I thought was a reasonable price. I'm happy to finally own it. :)

The record cabinet was a gift from a very generous collector who strongly felt he owed me a favor (he didn't). I'm happy that he insisted over my objections. I've never seen a cabinet quite like this. It will accommodate only 10" discs. The styling immediately suggested the later AH to me, but the finish is a little too light for a good match (The original finish is present on all interior surfaces, so when I restored it I matched that.) There's a drawer at the top inside the record compartment. For such a petite cabinet, this thing is heavy. And the feet are the same type as used on Edison and Rosenfield coin-operated machines. Clearly an off-the-shelf set of feet, but they're unusual to find on a record cabinet.

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Nice article on the saxophone horn HMV Victrola clones. And a really nice piece on the Edison C250/C19 uprights. Again a good blend of articles on the early and late period of acoustic technology. To me there is something about a pure acoustic phonograph. I'm even suspicious of the electrically driven ones!

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Damfino59 wrote:Nice article on the saxophone horn HMV Victrola clones. And a really nice piece on the Edison C250/C19 uprights. Again a good blend of articles on the early and late period of acoustic technology. To me there is something about a pure acoustic phonograph. I'm even suspicious of the electrically driven ones!
Thank you for the kind words. It's almost sad for me to see the series come to an end with the next issue. There's so much more I'd like to say. :)

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