So THAT's how it works!

[NashTwin8]

Hi All,

A few days ago, I had an opportunity to visit the American Museum of Radio and Electricity in Bellingham, Washington. They specialize, as you might have already guessed, in radio and electricity, but they do spill over a little into phonographs and other things.

A guide gave me a complete demonstration of the Ultona tone arm on a nice Brunswick BR-60 Radiola combination unit. They played portions of a Diamond Disc, a regular 78 and a Pathé record for me. Now some of the things I've read and heard about Ultonas make sense to me. They really are pretty neat! All 3 of the records sounded pretty good to me, but I thought the DD sounded the best. Unfortunately, I didn't get to hear the radio part of the unit. That's too bad, because the museum has its own low-power radio station, and they play some great old music. I suppose the fact that their station is FM has something to do with why they didn't play it on the Radiola for me. They stream it online, and I sometimes listen to it that way.

It's not easy for me to find demonstrations like this, but they're sure fun when they do come along. I also got to try my hand at playing a Theramin! I guess I'll just have to be patient and some day get a few more interesting pieces to call my own.

Take care,

Jerry K

[richardh]

That sounds great. When I have been to museums in the past there might be some great machines to see but you almost never get to hear them. sounds like you were really lucky to get that demonstration.

You mention that the place you went to has a radio station and that they stream it onine...you don't happen to have the link you could post do you? I'd like to have a listen.

RJ

[Schmaltz]

You mention that the place you went to has a radio station and that they stream it onine...you don't happen to have the link you could post do you? I'd like to have a listen.

RJ

Here's the link to listen:

http://amre.us/listen

And the link to the web site in general (lots of great photos):

http://www.amre.us/

[WDC]

Very cool website, they have put really love into it.

[NashTwin8]

Here's the link to listen:

http://amre.us/listen

And the link to the web site in general (lots of great photos):

http://www.amre.us/

Thanks for posting the link for me; you beat me to it! I hope some of the gang will enjoy checking it out.

Jerry K