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Re: The New Compton Zonophone
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 3:12 pm
by Valecnik
estott wrote:Valecnik wrote:steamer trunk with their other worldly possessions wrapped around it.
Judging by the street names, this machine was not in Poland.
Yea very good point. So much for my steamer trunk theory

Re: The New Compton Zonophone
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 4:31 pm
by gramophone78
Valecnik wrote:estott wrote:Valecnik wrote:steamer trunk with their other worldly possessions wrapped around it.
Judging by the street names, this machine was not in Poland.
Yea very good point. So much for my steamer trunk theory

No disrespect to the seller of this machine.....but I seriously doubt a man of such stature would own a fairly low end model in the first place. Not to mention these models were not sold in Poland....

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Re: The New Compton Zonophone
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 6:58 pm
by estott
It might be possible that the composer operated a music publishing firm which also retailed gramophones - so there could be a connection.