[Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine

2013-09-13 Thread Ron L'Herault
A few MOCAPS members have been discussing the lateral/vertical Vitaphone phono from the teens, early 20s. Only one member heard one 20 or more years ago and that one may have been unrestored. He found it "anemic" sounding. S, I was wondering if any listmate(s) have a restored Vitaphone (it

Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine

2013-09-13 Thread DanKj
uot;Ron L'Herault" To: ; "'Antique Phonograph List'" Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 1:44 PM Subject: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine A few MOCAPS members have been discussing the lateral/vertical Vitaphone phono from the teens, early 20s. Only one member he

Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine

2013-09-13 Thread Ron L'Herault
m: "Ron L'Herault" To: ; "'Antique Phonograph List'" Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 1:44 PM Subject: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine >A few MOCAPS members have been discussing the lateral/vertical Vitaphone > phono from the teens, early 20s. Only

Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine

2013-09-13 Thread Greg Bogantz
een and it does work after a fashion. I have pictures of my model 60 if you would like to see them. Greg Bogantz - Original Message - From: "Ron L'Herault" To: ; "'Antique Phonograph List'" Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 1:44 PM Subject: [Phono

Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine

2013-09-13 Thread Ron L'Herault
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine Hi Ron, I have a Vitaphone model 60 which is the consolette version of this machine. Yes, I'd say it is "anemic" compared with most other machines of this vintage. The reason is pretty obvious - the design of the acoustic system

Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine

2013-09-13 Thread Greg Bogantz
t: Friday, September 13, 2013 3:59 PM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine Hi Ron, I have a Vitaphone model 60 which is the consolette version of this machine. Yes, I'd say it is "anemic" compared with most other machines of this vintage. The

Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine

2013-09-13 Thread DanKj
;Greg Bogantz" To: "Antique Phonograph List" Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 9:51 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine This topic of the Vitaphone had come up last year on the TMF forum. I posted some pictures there then that showed the way the thread conne

Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine

2013-09-13 Thread Greg Bogantz
Friday, September 13, 2013 10:47 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine Your 60 is almost identical to my 50; was 60 the Canadian version? I also see that yours lacks the big weight that mine has, on the business end of the 'tone arm' ; I wonder if that woul

Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine

2013-09-13 Thread Tim Fabrizio
Tim Fabrizio Original Message From: DanKj To: Antique Phonograph List Sent: Fri, Sep 13, 2013 11:03 pm Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine Your 60 is almost identical to my 50; was 60 the Canadian version? I also see that yours lacks the big weight that mine has, on

Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine

2013-09-14 Thread bruce78rpm
Thank you for sharing that link clearly showing how the vertical and lateral connections are achieved. Bruce - Original Message - From: "Greg Bogantz" To: "Antique Phonograph List" Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 9:51:06 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Vitaph

Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine

2013-09-14 Thread Nicholas Williams
> From: "Greg Bogantz" > To: "Antique Phonograph List" > Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 9:51:06 PM > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine > > This topic of the Vitaphone had come up last year on the TMF forum. I > posted some pictures ther

Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine

2013-09-14 Thread bruce78rpm
see one in action. Bruce - Original Message - From: "Nicholas Williams" To: "Antique Phonograph List" Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2013 5:23:12 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine What an interesting machine. Does anyone have a video of one

Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine

2013-09-14 Thread DanKj
ubject: Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine What an interesting machine. Does anyone have a video of one playing? ___ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org

Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine

2013-09-14 Thread Ron L'Herault
very nice! -Original Message- From: phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org] On Behalf Of DanKj Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2013 10:17 PM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine Not the best microphone placement, but

Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine

2013-09-15 Thread Nicholas Williams
iginal Message- > From: phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org] > On > Behalf Of DanKj > Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2013 10:17 PM > To: Antique Phonograph List > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine > > Not the best microphone pla