[Phono-L] Remastering Edison

2017-02-06 Thread Bill Burns via Phono-L
Upcoming article in IEEE Spectrum:

Re: [Phono-L] My membership in the PhonoL list

2014-04-30 Thread Bill Burns
Because of security changes made by AOL, most email lists will end up with bouncing messages for AOL subscribers. At the moment the only fix is to resubscribe to the list with a different email address - a free account at Gmail will work. Bill On 4/30/2014 10:24 PM, c5...@aol.com wrote: I

Re: [Phono-L] My membership in the PhonoL list

2014-04-26 Thread Bill Burns
On 4/26/2014 3:46 PM, Darrell Lehman wrote: 78-L has been complaining all week about Bounces from Yahoo... related... ? Yahoo and AOL have tightened security after the recent spate of account hacks, and as a result have screwed up posts from those ISPs to almost all mailing lists. It's

Re: [Phono-L] My membership in the PhonoL list

2014-04-26 Thread Bill Burns
You don't think they already have everything regardless of the provider? On 4/26/2014 9:23 PM, Rich wrote: Great idea, makes it much easier for NSA/IRS/DHS/etc. to have your entire e-mail stream after it ages for 6 months. On 04/26/2014 03:39 PM, Bill Burns wrote: On 4/26/2014 3:46 PM

Re: [Phono-L] Great Rust Removal Method - Electrolytic Rust Removal...

2014-01-12 Thread Bill Burns
Just about any DC source will work; the process usually takes just a few amps maximum. I usually use whichever car battery charger comes to hand. I'd strongly recommend using washing soda (sodium carbonate) rather than sodium hydroxide. You'll have body parts fairly close to the process

Re: [Phono-L] Electric pen

2013-08-17 Thread Bill Burns
What a stupid, trivial piece of entertainment that clip is. After he made the first batch of pens himself, Edison contracted out the manufacturing and sale of the system to Western Electric in Chicago, then sat back and collected at least $10,000 in royalties over the next few years. He

Re: [Phono-L] Phonoscope and Talking Machine World on line

2013-05-25 Thread Bill Burns
On 5/24/2013 7:48 PM, DanKj wrote: I just wish these weren't via the Internet Archive, as they usually have the worst quality PDF files anywhere. I don't know what they do to them, but despite being huge files, they're often unreadable. Lots of the text most of the illustrations in their

Re: [Phono-L] Little Known Facts About Edison :)

2013-01-26 Thread Bill Burns
Both Paul Israel's and Neil Baldwin's biographies of Edison have a few paragraphs on his attitudes towards the Jews. Baldwin's biography of Ford has more or less the same information as in his Edison book, and is quoted on his website:

Re: [Phono-L] Little Known Facts About Edison :)

2013-01-26 Thread Bill Burns
NNDB cites no sources, nor its authors, and can hardly be considered reliable. Bill On 1/26/2013 11:24 AM, Vinyl Visions wrote: Google: was Thomas Edison anti semitichttp://www.nndb.com/people/333/22267/ Like his friend Henry Ford, Edison was virulently anti-Semitic and blamed Jews for

Re: [Phono-L] Uh oh... more uses for phono horns

2012-05-20 Thread Bill Burns
That's just the shipping charge - the fixture is $498! -- Bill On 5/20/2012 9:35 PM, Ron L'Herault wrote: Looks like it could be pretty reversible. $115 gets you the unit and then you can throw the lighting parts away. Ron L -Original Message- From: phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org

Re: [Phono-L] Edison Bedplates

2012-04-25 Thread Bill Burns
On 4/25/2012 5:11 PM, Bob Maffit wrote: Actually, it was some kind of powder that when mixed with water works. It seems like it is quite powerful and toxic though. instructions were to use gloves and a mask. Sounds like it would be lye (sodium hydroxide, AKA drain cleaner), which is what the

Re: [Phono-L] Stuck with a Crapophone

2012-03-20 Thread Bill Burns
On 3/20/2012 8:35 AM, Earl Reynolds wrote: Hi John I looked up the # and got nothing is the # correct ? Working OK here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/260977570310 -- Bill ___ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org

Re: [Phono-L] Partly OT, Victor Theremin site

2012-03-05 Thread Bill Burns
On 3/4/2012 9:11 PM, Andrew Baron wrote: My Victor Theremin* colleague and I have just co-created a new website: rcatheremin.com An excellent and much-needed resource! I've added a link to your site from my page on the Victor Theremin brochure: http://ftldesign.com/Theremin/ You might

Re: [Phono-L] Partly OT, Victor Theremin site

2012-03-05 Thread Bill Burns
Santa Fe On Mar 5, 2012, at 10:23 AM, Bill Burns wrote: On 3/4/2012 9:11 PM, Andrew Baron wrote: My Victor Theremin* colleague and I have just co-created a new website: rcatheremin.com An excellent and much-needed resource! I've added a link to your site from my page on the Victor Theremin

Re: [Phono-L] eBay Shilling??

2012-03-04 Thread Bill Burns
Or one person and a reserve which he's trying to find. -- Bill On 3/4/2012 5:30 PM, allena...@aol.com wrote: yes, but of course, it takes two to tango. (or to raise a bid)... allen --- In a message dated 3/4/2012 5:09:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, msprin...@gmail.com writes: Two

Re: [Phono-L] eBay Shilling??

2012-03-04 Thread Bill Burns
On 3/4/2012 8:24 PM, john robles wrote: Hmm, shall we reconsider my original premise about shilling?? Shilling requires two bidders, the real one and the shill. Both would show in the bid list. -- Bill ___ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org

Re: [Phono-L] (no subject)

2012-02-27 Thread Bill Burns
This has happened on quite a few lists recently. To add to what others have said, it's important to *never* click on a link in an email when there's no accompanying note to describe what it is, especially if the email also has no subject line and/or is addressed to multiple recipients. This

Re: [Phono-L] Phoenix AZ

2012-01-29 Thread Bill Burns
On 1/29/2012 7:46 PM, Matthew Bullis wrote: I can't say about phonograph stuff, but maybe you're interested in the musical instrument museum. www.TheMim.org If you're into collecting 33s, there are several good record stores here in town. Matthew They have some mechanical music:

Re: [Phono-L] Dearborn trip--Edison's last breath

2011-07-03 Thread Bill Burns
in Britain. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Swan -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org

Re: [Phono-L] Victor on Ebay

2010-12-23 Thread Bill Burns
On 12/23/2010 11:37 PM, john robles wrote: Strange. When I click on the link, I get an ebay message that says the item was removed. Try this: http://cgi.ebay.com/180604116113 (all you ever need for an eBay link) -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com

Re: [Phono-L] Frankenreproducer alert

2010-12-03 Thread Bill Burns
On 12/3/2010 10:52 PM, Douglas Houston wrote: Sorry about the bad referral. It won't go out on this computer. No need to send the entire eBay link - you can truncate immediately after the item number: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=170574734251 -- Bill Burns Long Island

Re: [Phono-L] Concerned about Mikiphone instruction booklet

2009-09-07 Thread Bill Burns
sheets of paper! -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org

[Phono-L] Edison Record Boxes

2008-10-04 Thread Bill Burns
On 10/4/2008 1:22 PM, Daniel Melvin wrote: But IE is the most used browser in the world... Through inertia, not merit. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com

[Phono-L] Kinetoscope film inquiry Value?

2008-08-23 Thread Bill Burns
, produces acetic acid as it decomposes (hence the vinegar smell); the film base also shrinks and wrinkles. Polyester: The modern base, strong and stable. This Wikpedia article gives much more detail: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_base -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com