hi steve
a friend had read it in the edison diamond disk book by george frow
In a message dated 10/23/2009 9:35:47 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
steve_nor...@msn.com writes:
What book and where does it say the records were lubed?
The reason I am interested, I have recently been thinkin
I read the Leo Bakeland came to Edison and when they tried to use Bakelite as a
record coating that the record would not come out of the mold until it was
thrown on the floor causing the record to break.
I have heard of people that found NOS blue amberols with a waxy coating and one
guy that
Condensite is what the recording surface is made from. It is a bakelite
type resin IIRC, but not identical. The Blue amberols were indeed lubed
as well as the DD. I just do not remember what it was. I am sure that
you will need at least an EPA or Dept. of Homeland Security permit to
obtain a
I got this cute little machine at an auction and have some basic
questions I hope you can help me with. I've posted photos to
Photobucket: http://s664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/chrisk33/
1) Does this look like the original tone arm?
2) How about the sound box -- see closeup -- It seems to s
mpleat
> Talking Machine"?
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> Chris
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> attempt to polish and plate them myself as suggested in "The Compleat
> Talking Machine"?
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Read the blurb here under Otto Heinemann. He owned the company.
http://books.google.com/books?id=xV6tghvO0oMC&pg=PA486&lpg=PA486&dq=General+Phonograph+Co.+Elyria,+Ohio&source=bl&ots=s8a-A1qjRT&sig=z4LpF6du4GfUmbA-Yz6HgIltAUw&hl=en&ei=hcHjSvCsEobk8Aa30JyIBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&
The tone arm and reproducer are from an RCA portable machine.
Ron L
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From: phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org] On
Behalf Of Chris Kocsis
Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 10:38 PM
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Subject: [Phono-L] Questions abou
Ween't these also sold under the name 'Vanophone'?
> Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:19:22 +
> From: bruce78...@comcast.net
> To: phono-l@oldcrank.org
> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Questions about a General Phonograph Model E
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> Read the blurb here under Otto Heinemann. He owned the company.
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