Re: [Phono-L] 3 Known

2011-04-17 Thread Bruce Mercer
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 2:10 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] 3 Known I hope someday to own a C-2, I think it is just an amazingly cool machine. The rarity does not really even factor into it at all. The combination pickup for lateral DD, the radio technology, the fact it is the end of an era. I

Re: [Phono-L] 3 Known

2011-04-17 Thread Barry Kasindorf
' want to lift the lid. Bruce Mercer - Original Message - From: bta...@realtick.com b...@taney.com To: Antique Phonograph List phono-l@oldcrank.org Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 2:10 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] 3 Known I hope someday to own a C-2, I think it is just an amazingly cool

Re: [Phono-L] 3 Known

2011-04-15 Thread Steven Medved
Bruce, In the case of a machine like yours even if if there are twice as many existing as are currently known it is a very hard to find machine. Steve Steve, I agree completely and hope for collectors interested in these machines that at least a few more will be found. The thing that

Re: [Phono-L] 3 Known

2011-04-15 Thread Barry Kasindorf
Like The Edison C-2, I thought it was so rare I would never hope to have one. I have had 3. And Chuck Azzalina had 7 in his basement last time I was there to fix. He started keeping count thinking the number surviving was in the 10's and stopped at 200 or so known. Same with C-1. There were 2 know

Re: [Phono-L] 3 Known

2011-04-15 Thread Steven Medved
Barry, With regards to machines like the Amberola 60 and 80 I have tried to research how many were made or left and so far I have not had much luck. I think it is great to see how many machines were made and how many survive. Like The Edison C-2, I thought it was so rare I would never

Re: [Phono-L] 3 Known

2011-04-15 Thread bta...@realtick.com
I hope someday to own a C-2, I think it is just an amazingly cool machine. The rarity does not really even factor into it at all. The combination pickup for lateral DD, the radio technology, the fact it is the end of an era. I actually like the C-2 better than the C-1 only in that the C-1 is just

Re: [Phono-L] 3 Known

2011-04-11 Thread Bruce Mercer
: Steven Medved steve_nor...@msn.com To: Phono-l phono-l@oldcrank.org Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 1:06 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] 3 Known Hello Bruce and list, The amount of phonographs known depends largely on how well we as collectors are willing to communicate with each other