Merry Christmas 1927

[AZ*]

Does anybody have any info on the Colorado Springs Music Co? I have found info on Mr. Lombardo and even a photo of the house they lived in in 27 but nothing on the store.

The Colorado Springs Music Company was still in business when I was a kid growing up in Colorado Springs in the 1960s. It was located on North Tejon Street north of Acacia Park and not far from Palmer High School. It was a typical music store with pianos, band instruments, sheet music and a record section if I remember correctly. I think they may have also sold TVs and stereos (Magnavox perhaps?), but after more than 40 years, my memory is a bit fuzzy.

[edisonplayer]

I remember seeing a 9-25 in an antique shop in Binghamton,NY a few years back.It wasn't in working condition.It would be COOL if we could hear 1927 radio broadcasts on the radio part.It'd be something out of Rod Serling's TV show "The Twilight Zone".edisonplayer

[FloridaClay]

I remember seeing a 9-25 in an antique shop in Binghamton,NY a few years back.It wasn't in working condition.It would be COOL if we could hear 1927 radio broadcasts on the radio part.It'd be something out of Rod Serling's TV show "The Twilight Zone".edisonplayer

Actually you can do that.

I have a little low-power AM broadcast transmitter called a "Talking House." (Now called an "i.AM Radio Transmitter.) http://www.talkinghouse.com/ I just downloaded some old radio programs, put them on my iPod, hook the iPod into the transmitter, and away you go! Kind of fun.

You can often find the transmitters under the old "Talking House" name on eBay fairly cheap.

Clay

[Victrolacollector]

I remember seeing a 9-25 in an antique shop in Binghamton,NY a few years back.It wasn't in working condition.It would be COOL if we could hear 1927 radio broadcasts on the radio part.It'd be something out of Rod Serling's TV show "The Twilight Zone".edisonplayer

Actually you can do that.

I have a little low-power AM broadcast transmitter called a "Talking House." (Now called an "i.AM Radio Transmitter.) http://www.talkinghouse.com/ I just downloaded some old radio programs, put them on my iPod, hook the iPod into the transmitter, and away you go! Kind of fun.

You can often find the transmitters under the old "Talking House" name on eBay fairly cheap.

Check out WBBM-AM 780 in Chicago late nights they run hour long old time radio programs, sometimes I tune in with my Philco 70.
Clay

I remember the talking house low power transmitters, back when I sold real estate in the late 1990's, they actually work good, and can see where they would be nice for transmitting old radio shows to the old radios.