Jim Cartwright of Immortal Performances, Inc. in Austin , Texas hosted a small
gathering of antique phonograph enthusiasts on Saturday, the 11th of February
2012 to commemorate the 165th Birthday of Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of the
phonograph. Attending were MAPS Members Jim Cartwright, Mark Bykoski, Jeff
Cecil
his wife Nancy as well as Immortal Performances employee John Cox. After
eating Mexican food, we gathered at the “Phonograph Gallery,” part of the
addition under construction to Jim’s home, still a work in progress as
evidenced
by the boxes stacked on the staircase, listened to diamond discs played using
the turntable, tonearm pickup designed by Theodor Edison of an Edison Model
C-2 Radio-Phonograph Combination (whose chassis loudspeaker are at a repair
shop) connected to the phono jack of an Edison Model R-2 Radio (which has the
same chassis loudspeaker as the C-2) which provided an astounding quality
quantity of sound for circa 1928 audio equipment. Here is the diamond disc play
list, all contemporaneous with the Model C-2 Radio-Phonograph Combination:
Saying that no birthday celebration should be without cake, Nancy brought
delicious homemade cinnamon cupcakes which were greatly enjoyed. We also played
one electrically recorded Blue Amberol cylinder on the Opera compared the
sound of diamond discs played acoustically on a SI-19 (Sheraton Inlay) with
Edisonic reproducer on a Pathe Gothic Art Model Actuelle, neither of which
came close to the sound of the Edison electronics! The evening ended with the
singing of “Happy Birthday Mr. Edison!”
It is a goal to establish an Austin Club...one of these days.
Jeff Cecil
The playlist for the party:
52530-L Fantasia on Aida – EDISON CONCERT ORCH. Directed by Carlo Peroni
52622-R I Want to Meander in the Meadow – PHIL SPITALNY’S MUSIC (vocal chorus
by
Paull Sisters)
52472-R The Big Rock Candy Mountain – VERNON DALHART COMPANY
80885-L Quintette in E-flat (Schumann): Part 2, (Second Movement) In modo d’una
Marcia – E. ROBERT SCHMITZ PHILHARMONIC STRING QUARTET OF NEW YORK
52215-L Rose Room – PICCADILLY PLAYERS SINGERS
52518-L Ever Since the Movies Learned to Talk – BILLY MURRAY HIS MELODY MEN
82357-R Il Barbiere di Siviglia: largo al factotum – MARIO BASIOLA
52416-R Get Out and Get Under the Moon – GOLDEN GATE ORCHESTRA
52606-R To Be In Love (Especially With You) – GLADYS RICE
52623-R The Stars and Stripes Forever March – THE GOLDMAN BAND directed by
Edwin
Franco Goldman
52367-L I Love to Dunk a Hunk of Sponge Cake – THE HAPPINESS BOYS (Billy Jones
Ernest Hare)
52436-L In the Jailhouse Now – FRANKIE MARVIN AND HIS GUITAR WITH VIOLIN
52513-L Button Up Your Overcoat – GOLDEN GATE ORCHESTRA
52532-R Barnacle Bill the Sailor – FRANK LUTHER AND HIS PARDS
52143-R When Day is Done – THE EDISONIANS
Photos of the party.
http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj595/JimCartwright/R2front.jpg
http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj595/JimCartwright/Actuelle.jpg
http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj595/JimCartwright/C2.jpg
http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj595/JimCartwright/JeffMarkJim.jpg
http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj595/JimCartwright/JohnJeffNancy.jpg
http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj595/JimCartwright/MarkJeffJimJohn.jpg
http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj595/JimCartwright/MarkNancyJeffJimbesideC2.jpg
http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj595/JimCartwright/R2back.jpg
http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj595/JimCartwright/R2backcloseup.jpg
From: Jim Nichol jnic...@fuse.net
To: Antique Phonograph List phono-l@oldcrank.org
Sent: Sat, February 11, 2012 3:40:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Edison's Birthday!
I'm speechless! Almost everything in that video about Edison is wrong!
Jim
On Feb 11, 2012, at 3:13 PM, Peter Fraser wrote:
Suggestion:
Why don't we all use the comments function to try to straighten this poor
misinformed guy out?
http://gizmodo.com/5884270/celebrate-thomas-edisons-165th-birthday-with-a-crash-course-on-his-life
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-- peter
pjfra...@mac.com
On Feb 11, 2012, at 11:29 AM, Jim Nichol wrote:
What is everyone doing for Edison's birthday? (Feb. 11, 1847)
Jim Nichol
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