Abe: I think I happen to live in a good location (New England) for this type of machine. Many of the earliest broadcasting stations were in the Northeast and I believe that once AC-powered radios were practical and on the market, folks put their battery sets in the attic and forgot about them. They were a pain in the butt to power and use. Some of the combo machines stayed in the house for the phonograph but today these are often found without the radio. I bought two without radios out of barns but found sets to go into them elsewhere to make a complete set.
The early AC radio-phonograph (Panatrope, Electrola) are fantastic devices built like tanks, heavy as hell, and fantastically laid out with beautiful wood, brass or gold hardware, interesting compartments and configurations, and some even have mechanical devices to change records. They are magnificent machines and if I had the money and the space, I would fill a building with them. No table-top, Art Deco, Bakelite sets for me! Nothing like listening to old music and radio shows through a combo machine with an Orthophonic horn. GrnMountainBill On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 6:43 PM, Abe Feder <abefed...@gmail.com> wrote: > GmMountainBill, > You are very lucky, I have been into the antique phonograph hobby about 4 > years and have not had a chance to come across any of the radio/phonograph > combo's that you list in the wilds of Arizona. While I have gone to the > CAPS show the last 3 years I have not seen any of them there either. But > one > day... > Abe > > On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 11:44 AM, William Zucca <rochr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > I did the same thing since poor AM reception and terrible programming > does > > not lend itself to quality listening time on my old radios. The > > transmitter > > works very well and covers my whole house and part of the yard. > > > > I am most fond of early radio/phono combination machines like the > Brunswick > > Radiola 160 and III and the Victor 7-11, Victor V V-7-30S, and Electrola > > RE-57. They are big but they are beautiful. > > > > Regards, > > GrnMountainBill > > > > On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Abe Feder <abefed...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Well-I just went the old radio route myself and found a low wattage AM > > > transmitter that puts out a signal that you tune to a dead spot on the > AM > > > dial. I hooked it up to my CD player and you should see the look on > > friends > > > faces when I turn it on and you hear" The Shadow knows.... > > > It works really well and having a couple of hundred old radio programs > on > > > CD > > > I really enjoy listening to it-and while it might be these old ears it > > > sounds better on this big ol' Zenith than on my up-to-date system. > > > Abe > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Vinyl Visions < > vinyl.visi...@live.com > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > A guy was recently throwing this old radio in the trash... it was > under > > a > > > > house for years, muddy, rusted guts, black plastic painted with white > > > house > > > > paint... trash!!! So, I did what any "normal" scavenging collector > > would > > > do, > > > > I recycled it. I made it into a retro iPod dock which charges my > iTouch > > > and > > > > plays wonderful old radio music on Radio Dismuke or whatever source. > I > > > never > > > > got into radios like phonos, because I didn't want to listen to > current > > > > music on an old radio... part of the nostalgia of phonographs is the > > > actual > > > > music played just like it once was. Now it's the best of both worlds. > > > > Curt > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------- ATTACHMENT -------------- > > > > **An Attachment Was Scrubbed** > > > > Name: Snap_2011.jpg > > > > Type: image/jpeg > > > > Size: 81598 bytes > > > > URL: < > > > > > > > > > > http://oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/attachments/20110424/9be94174/attachment.jpg > > > > > > > > > -------------- ATTACHMENT -------------- > > > > **An Attachment Was Scrubbed** > > > > Name: Snap_2011_2.jpg > > > > Type: image/jpeg > > > > Size: 81518 bytes > > > > URL: < > > > > > > > > > > http://oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/attachments/20110424/9be94174/attachment-0001.jpg > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Phono-L mailing list > > > > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Phono-L mailing list > > > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
