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Thanks. </p> http://gracyk.com/forum/topic.php?id=820#post-1037 Thu, 03 May 2012 01:59:19 +0000 JohnH 1037@http://gracyk.com/forum/ <p>I recently came across an "Oriola" Console Phonograph, but can find very little information on it.</p> <p>Tim Gracyk's website notes,</p> <p>164. Oriola -- Metropolis Sales Company, 27 Union Square, New York City, New York. April 1917. (Mutual Trading Co., New York, filed applications on Oriola on 10/5/1918 and 8/23/1920, with used claimed since 1/15/1918; relation to this brand is unclear.)</p> <p>any information would be appreciated.</p> <p>Thanks. </p> http://gracyk.com/forum/topic.php?id=102#post-1032 Tue, 01 May 2012 06:10:47 +0000 sadri121 1032@http://gracyk.com/forum/ <p>[url=http://sadri121.wordpress.com]iam a student[/url] </p> http://gracyk.com/forum/topic.php?id=790#post-903 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:31:08 +0000 amrcg 903@http://gracyk.com/forum/ <p>Dear all,</p> <p>I was offered to buy a an ELECTA TENAX O.R.P. 321761 gramophone. 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They are bulky and heavy<br /> and I'm not one to go to a flea market or swap meet, so if you<br /> have any ideas, I'd like to hear them. </p> http://gracyk.com/forum/topic.php?id=21#post-886 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 04:20:16 +0000 rickcoolbreeze 886@http://gracyk.com/forum/ <p>Hello, Joao;</p> <p>If you have 78s on the Columbia label that says "Made in England," it was made (manufactured) in their factory in Hayes, Middlesex, England. The copyrights now belong to EMI. </p> <p>The numbers stamped into the "dead wax" area usually are the matrix numbers, which the company uses to identify each "take" recorded. Sometimes the catalog number of a record is also there, and matches the number on the record's label.</p> <p>I hope this is helpful to you.</p> <p>Sincerely,<br /> Rick<br /> Atlanta, GA<br /> United States </p> http://gracyk.com/forum/topic.php?id=159#post-885 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 03:55:14 +0000 rickcoolbreeze 885@http://gracyk.com/forum/ <p>Hello,<br /> If you have any Judy Garland Deccas, please email me at:<br /> <a href="mailto:rickcoolbreeze@yahoo.com">rickcoolbreeze@yahoo.com</a><br /> Thanks! </p> http://gracyk.com/forum/topic.php?id=764#post-884 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 03:47:19 +0000 rickcoolbreeze 884@http://gracyk.com/forum/ <p>Hello;</p> <p>I don't know anything about an experimental portable model, but I can tell you this much:</p> <p>In November, 1925, Brunswick unveiled it's new all-electric phonograph called the Panatrope. It came in several different models (with prices to match) with and without radios. This information comes from Roland Gelatt's excellent book "The Fabulous Phonograph."</p> <p>I know it's not much, but maybe it will be helpful.</p> <p>Sincerely,<br /> Rick </p> http://gracyk.com/forum/topic.php?id=166#post-883 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 03:23:25 +0000 rickcoolbreeze 883@http://gracyk.com/forum/ <p>Hello;</p> <p>I just found Tim's website and read your post about finding a good home to sell your 78's to. You offered to send a list of them to anyone interested. Could you please send your list to me at: <a href="mailto:rickcoolbreeze@yahoo.com">rickcoolbreeze@yahoo.com</a></p> <p>Many thanks,</p> <p>Rick Smith<br /> Atlanta, GA </p> http://gracyk.com/forum/topic.php?id=770#post-881 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:23:11 +0000 riette01 881@http://gracyk.com/forum/ <p>My apologies - the stylus I am looking for is NOT for the Grafonola. Got a little confused! </p> http://gracyk.com/forum/topic.php?id=770#post-877 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:44:28 +0000 riette01 877@http://gracyk.com/forum/ <p>My father-in-law owns one of these machines. It really is a beauty, but I cannot find any information about it. I'm also trying to find a stylus (hope this is what it's called). He has a Kenwood Sure M44C that he currently uses, but obviously this isn't an original part. I would really like to know more about this Grafonola if anyone can help. </p> http://gracyk.com/forum/topic.php?id=768#post-875 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 05:14:47 +0000 JJK 875@http://gracyk.com/forum/ <p>Hi - I'm completely new to this but have come into possession of an old Mastertone. I'd like to know something more about it - model, age etc, Where should I look? Is there an online resource anywhere? Can anyone help? </p> http://gracyk.com/forum/topic.php?id=767#post-874 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 22:07:03 +0000 ry4wn 874@http://gracyk.com/forum/ <p>I have been looking for a nice vintage Magnavox turntable for my entertainment room, I have some concerns however. I cannot locate any documentation about a Magnavox Automatic 400? I found one at a good price but I am concerned about performance, has anyone ever heard or seen this turntable?? The one in reference if it matters is on a site I’ve never heard of before - <a href="http://snasy.com/productdetails.php?productid=21" rel="nofollow">http://snasy.com/productdetails.php?productid=21</a> </p> http://gracyk.com/forum/topic.php?id=764#post-871 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:32:45 +0000 lcdp12 871@http://gracyk.com/forum/ <p>I have a suitcase Brunswick phonograph with brass player arm &amp; brass medallion with "Panatrope Experimental #106. Anyone know anything about it. I am in ignorance about these machines but eager to learn. Thanks for any information. </p> http://gracyk.com/forum/topic.php?id=762#post-869 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:37:15 +0000 jerryr1 869@http://gracyk.com/forum/ <p>There are two photos of Al Jolson facing the recording horn that I know of: A Dec.1916 Columbia record supplement for the recording "Don't Write Me Letters" and a 1924 Billboard ad with Jolson "recording" at the horn with bandleader Isham Jones at the Brunswick studio. Does anyone know of any other photos of Al Jolson in the recording studio during the acoustical era? </p> http://gracyk.com/forum/topic.php?id=761#post-868 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:26:43 +0000 jerryr1 868@http://gracyk.com/forum/ <p>Was the Columbia recording studio in the Gotham National Bank Building in NYC the main recording studio for the bulk of the Harmony recording sessions through the 1920's? </p> http://gracyk.com/forum/topic.php?id=743#post-850 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:50:38 +0000 rmstopcop 850@http://gracyk.com/forum/ <p>I recently received a SONORA "CLEAR AS A BELL" Portable player. It looks to be in great shape in working condition. In a tan leather box case. I can't find anything on. Can anyone help? </p> http://gracyk.com/forum/topic.php?id=724#post-831 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 02:22:51 +0000 seegem 831@http://gracyk.com/forum/ <p>To elaborate a bit, I'm designing and building my own phonograph recorder &amp; player, but using modern materials. No electrics (still driven by a spring motor, and no electronic sound amplification), but I'm happy to use modern materials.</p> <p>As such, I'm going for the greatest playback fidelity possible, and I figured I'd start by looking at the best designed reproducer (sound box). If anyone has a better material and/or reproducer (sound box) design, please share? Thank you so much!</p> <p>Mark </p> http://gracyk.com/forum/topic.php?id=724#post-830 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:38:38 +0000 seegem 830@http://gracyk.com/forum/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>I am trying to track down which Phonograph/Gramophone models were known to have produced the greatest playback sound quality &amp; fidelity?</p> <p>Specifically, which diaphragm design &amp; material, and what kind of sound box design provided for the greatest playback fidelity.</p> <p>Are there any knowledge around which model(s) were known for this?</p> <p>Thank you so much.</p> <p>Mark<br /> <a href="mailto:seegem@me.com">seegem@me.com</a> </p> http://gracyk.com/forum/topic.php?id=683#post-788 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:03:37 +0000 Eric Byron 788@http://gracyk.com/forum/ <p>I have always wondered who decided, prior to 1930, which recordings would be<br /> packaged together on records with two sides. Did the record companies have<br /> formulas? Were the companies trying to promote side B by having it next to<br /> side A?</p> <p>Did the companies have an entire department, one person or both in charge of<br /> such decisions?</p> <p>Has anybody written anything on the subject? </p> <p>Any help would be greatly appreciated.</p> <p>Sincerely,</p> <p>Eric Byron </p> http://gracyk.com/forum/topic.php?id=162#post-787 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:23:38 +0000 planesman 787@http://gracyk.com/forum/ <p>Hey Sunny, look what you helped me get started on. I'm about half way through the single records. And there are four times as many albums. </p> <p><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtRB_Fwvaw_LdDVGVjJBNEl4UzdlWnNwUkZDNXFaZGc#gid=0" rel="nofollow">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtRB_Fwvaw_LdDVGVjJBNEl4UzdlWnNwUkZDNXFaZGc#gid=0</a> </p> http://gracyk.com/forum/topic.php?id=680#post-783 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:45:10 +0000 Bukowski 783@http://gracyk.com/forum/ <p>Collector 78’s</p> <p>Collection 1:</p> <p>Tex Williams: The California Polka and Rose of the Alamo (Capitol)<br /> The Three Suns: Twilight Time and It’s Dawn Again (Majestic)<br /> Jimmy Wakely: I Don’t Want Your Sympathy and I Love You So Much It Hurts (Capitol)<br /> Bing Crosby: The Waltz of Memory and Mary’s a Grand Old Name (Decca)<br /> Bing Crosby: The Sweetest Story Ever Told and Mighty Lak’ a Rose (Decca)<br /> Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra: Huguette Waltz and The Desert Song Waltz (Victor)<br /> Bing Crosby: Ridin’ Down the Canyon and You Are My Sunshine (Decca)<br /> Ames Brothers: Hoop-De-Doo and Stars are the Windows of Heaven (Coral)<br /> Jimmie Rodgers: Yodeling Cowboy and Daddy and Home (Bluebird)<br /> Al Jolson: Chinatown, My Chinatown and After You’ve Gone (Decca)<br /> Gaylord Carter: Glow Worm and Lili Marlene (MacGregor)<br /> Tex Ritter: You Will Have to Pay and Christmas Carols by the Old Corral (Capitol)<br /> Kate Smith: If I Had My Life to Live Over and Anniversary Song (MGM)<br /> Vic Damone: I Offer You the Moon Senorita and Far Away Places (Mercury)<br /> Eddie Arnold and His Tennessee Plowboys: I Walk Alone and The Cattle Call (Victor)<br /> Ray Bloch: Turkey in the Straw and Arkansas Traveler (Signature)</p> <p>Collection 2:</p> <p>Eddy Arnold and His Tennessee Plowboys: Anytime and What a Fool I Was (Victor)<br /> Gene Autry: When the Snowbirds Cross the Rockies and The Angel Song (Columbia)<br /> Al Jolson: Liza and Carolina in the Morning (Decca)<br /> Al Jolson: Toot, Toot Tootsie! 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Mr. Stoeckle was also known as "The Phonograph Man" in the local newspapers stayed in Hawaii for several years traveling around with the device from home to home and island to island. It was a few years later when corresponding with Edison did he receive a newer model phonograph and there was also a record of him receiving 250 more wax cylinders totaling around 1,000 wax cylinders in his collection. We also know that Mr. Stoeckle traveled from Hawaii to Fiji, Tahiti, Australia, and on to New Zealand but we believe he may have went without the phonograph. For the simple reason that all of the historical papers we viewed out of Auckland revealed he had another talent and used it to make his money. The papers called him "The Jeweler Agent." where he crafted the art of making all kinds of jewelry designs out of gold with a machine they then termed a "Lightning rod."</p> <p>We would like to believe that his collection of wax cylinders was large enough and worthy that someone may still today own it or have heard of this or knows more than we do?<br /> We do know he made the Charles Stoeckle made several journeys back to San Francisco via Hawaii. There are two other reports of Stoeckle elsewhere, according to the newspaper stories, Stoeckle played a recorded greeting from Elijah H. Allen, consul general of Hawai'i and traveled there to either make the recording or pick it up for the queen? The other is from a Washington D.C. report that he received a shipment from someone or some company of 250 wax cylinder recordings, thus adding to his collection. One ship passenger list shows Charles Stoeckle as 19yrs old in 1895.</p> <p>If anyone reading this would be so kind as to provide any further information regarding the "Queens recording" or this man "Charles Stoeckle" it would deeply be appreciated and it will help fill a very important part of Hawaii's history.</p> <p>Thank you </p> <p>S. Alongi </p> http://gracyk.com/forum/topic.php?id=670#post-771 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:29:25 +0000 timinbovey 771@http://gracyk.com/forum/ <p>Hi-I'm a collector and restorer of home recording machines. I have the machine my family used in the early 40's through early 50's, which is the first I ever restored. I have a pretty large collection of "home made" records as well, and I've written a few articles over the years about the machines, records, recording techniques, etc. Perhaps you would like to correspond off the forum?</p> <p>The home recording machines were not prohibitively expensive for a middle class family, but the quality was not anywhere close to a professional recording. I have quite a bit of original advertising and factory/company literature so I can give you pretty accurate period prices. For example, a Wilcox-Gay Recordio (a popular brand and basically the first mass produced for home use) in the early 40's would have a list price of $129.95 for a radio/phonograph/recorder in a console furniture cabinet. Blank records cold be hand for as low as 12 cents each for the fiber based small discs, with the price increasing with size and quality. </p> <p>Let me know what you would like to know. I wrote an article on the W-G machines many years ago for Antique Radio Classified magazine, which I have posted online at:<br /> <a href="http://www.edselmotors.com/vintagehepcats/wginarc.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.edselmotors.com/vintagehepcats/wginarc.html</a></p> <p>Let me know if I can be of further assistance!</p> <p>Tim </p> http://gracyk.com/forum/topic.php?id=670#post-770 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:12:32 +0000 josephine 770@http://gracyk.com/forum/ <p>I am writing a book and need information about records made privately. When I was a kid, my grandmother played a record for me that her brother and his buddies had made back in what I think was the 1930's. I don't want to include this in the book unless I know what I am talking about. Can anyone help? Especially interested in what the cost would have been.<br /> Thanks! </p> http://gracyk.com/forum/topic.php?id=102#post-769 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:33:33 +0000 timinbovey 769@http://gracyk.com/forum/ <p>As one who has transcribed hundreds, if not thousands of 78's of all eras for broadcast use, I can concur that your stylus will be just dandy for nearly every 78 you come across.</p> <p>You may want to give some consideration to equalization, however. If you play through a modern turntable into a modern phono input, your records will be subject to the RIAA equalization curve which became the standard in the mid 50's but didn't exist when most 78's were made. In very general terms, this will give you too much bass and roll off the highs. the cheapest way around this is to find a phono pre-amp that has the ability to turn on and off the RIAA equalizatiion curve, and to use the auxilary, CD, video, or whatever other line input you have available rather than a phono input. If asked, I'll recommend a couple places online that sell them. You just don't get the full potential and sound quality from 78's through a modern RIAA phono input. I like the Rek-O-Kut Re-Equalizer, but that's a bit much for a casual listener. But it gives you several equalization schemes to try out. </p> <p>As for your weight, what does the cartridge manufacturer list? I believe Shure lists 1.5 to 3 grams for that cartridge/stylus (going from memory here). I'd start at 2 and see how it goes. </p> http://gracyk.com/forum/topic.php?id=669#post-768 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:56:29 +0000 Beanie 768@http://gracyk.com/forum/ <p>I have a box of 70 blank discs and am trying to find out what the value is. Please help if you have any idea. Thanks! </p>