The talking machine and high schoolers

[Curt A]

The new VP of The Carolina Antique Music & Phonograph Society is in his 20s and most of us could learn some things from him. He is a mechanical engineer who graduated recently from UNC in Charlotte, but what makes him especially knowledgeable in the phonograph world is that he has been a long time friend and protege of Charley Hummel. He has worked on all types of rare machines that most of us will never come into contact with. He's familiar with Keen-O-Phones, coin-ops, Class M machines, Bettini attachments and on and on... He is also quite knowledgeable with the period music. So, it just goes to show that if you are exposed to history and have a desire to learn, your familiarity with it will direct your interests. Unfortunately, most kids are only exposed to the debased cultural interests of our current times...