[78-L] ITG - Tim Brooks article and MAPS update

[David Lennick]

I don't know if I'm revealing a confidence here, but I understand one of the "enhancements" they want to do is an audio insert, which is why I was asking if anyone knows who still makes soundsheets.

 

As soon as I can find it online, I'll forward a link to a 1918 interview with Emile Berliner that's in the current CAPS Journal.

 

dl


 
> From: Dad at TheMcCormicks.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 16:23:59 -0400
> Subject: [78-L] ITG - Tim Brooks article and MAPS update
> 
> As many of you may have already read, The Michigan Antique Phonograph
> Society's magazine, In The Groove has expanded. We are offering more
> articles per issue, including the occasional reprint from the past. The
> August/September issue of ITG has a follow-up article entitled, "Two
> Collectors Who Made a Difference" that is a follow-up to an article
> originally written by Tim Brooks back in 1984. The October/November issue
> will include the original 1984 article including a photo of what the
> original looked like from that past issue of ITG. We are currently
> soliciting articles for the October/November edition. If you have an
> article you'd like to share with our readers, we would be honored to publish
> it for you. Send contributions, comments or suggestions to
> President at MAPS-ITG.org
> 
> The MAPS website is being redesigned later this year. It will start
> offering ITG back issues as a downloadable .PDF to members. Below, please
> find my President's Message from the most recent issue to help explain all
> that we are doing to improve MAPS and ITG for our members now, and in the
> future.
> ___________
> 
> Welcome to the Special Collector's Edition of In The Groove. This issue is
> extraordinary for several reasons. (1) It includes histories of the
> Michigan Antique Phonograph Society including an article written by the last
> surviving founding member especially for this issue. (2) This is our very
> first expanded Bi-Monthly issue and we are celebrating this achievement by
> providing our faithful readers with a whole host of contributors. (3) We
> are starting the new tradition of full color glossy covers printed on heavy
> paper stock. 
> 
> I hope you are as impressed with the front cover artwork, as I was when I
> first laid eyes on it. My nephew, Pete McCormick, is a professional graphic
> artist that works in gasoline alley, and produces some of the most
> impressive graphics on the world's most expensive cars at the Indianapolis
> 500 Motor Speedway. Pete lent his talent at Phonovention 2009 by producing
> the 14' mural of the Edison Recording Studio for Peter Dilg's live recording
> event. Recently, I had lunch with him and asked if he would consider
> designing the new "In The Groove" front cover. His mouth was drooling. I
> provided him several period books and catalogs from my collection. His eyes
> fell on the two statuary ornamentations representing Knowledge and Music
> adorning a 1919 Victor record supplement catalog, and said, "These belong on
> our cover," and so they are. The bottom corners include a Berliner and an
> Edison phonograph representing competing schools of technology, reminding us
> of the reason we hold dear these historic treasurers of acoustic discovery.
> The color scheme makes any antique phonograph collector feel right at home,
> with Gold, Brass and Nickel metallic finishes on a Honduras Mahogany wood
> background.
> 
> This issue of "In The Groove" also introduces new sustaining columns such as
> "So, You Have Been Vaccinated By Your First Antique Phonograph Needle" - a
> column dedicated to educate those newly introduced to our celebrated antique
> talking machine fascination. This column will be written by various
> contributors in the future, starting with our very own Larry Crandell. Paul
> Ladd introduces his new series of articles entitled "What the Phonograph Has
> Taught Me." Paul will systematically discuss antique phonograph repair
> issues organized in a workshop manual format. He intends for his articles
> to be photocopied, three-hole-punched and organized into binders by future
> antique phonograph repair people.
> 
> The next issue of "In The Groove" will be the October edition. We are
> planning a few more surprises and enhancements that are sure to please. We
> are starting a new article contribution collection convention. All
> contributions, paid advertisements, classified ads and the like must be in
> the editor's possession 30 days prior to the next issue release date. The
> deadline for submission to our October edition will be August 31st, 2010.
> Anything provided after that date will be printed in the following December
> issue. Speaking of the December issue, we have high hopes that we can
> persuade our members and contributors to narrow their article topics to
> something consistent with the holiday season. We hope to compile a very
> special Christmas present for our readers to enjoy this year.
> 
> In the mean time, we will be planning and designing our new web site:
> www.MAPS-ITG.org Our goal is to have the basic structure up and running by
> October 1st as well. Our web site will become reason alone to be a MAPS
> member. One of the first features will include an automatically updated
> database of our members. As a member, you will have access to your account
> to change your mailing address, pay your membership through PayPal, and
> update your collecting information profile to be shared with other members,
> if you so choose. Later will come discussion forums so you can ask
> questions of other MAPS members and receive replies from some of the finest
> experts known to exist. The web site features we are developing are too
> numerous to detail in this article, I'll leave that for our October edition
> of "In The Groove."
> 
> Before I end this message, I wanted to share with you news from Don Gfell in
> his own words, "There is some good news however about Edison. He just won
> the popular vote in Ohio for our statue in Washington. There is still more
> to finalize this and it will probably be August before this happens." It
> appears all of Don's hard work has paid off. To read more about the State
> of Ohio's new statue at our nation's capital, please visit www.TomEdison.org
> 
> And now a message about Phonovention 2010. The very first Phonovention took
> place at Jackson, Michigan in August 1979. Phonovention returns to Michigan
> this year, but this time in association with the Fall 2010 Stanton Auction
> in Charlotte, MI. Enjoy the Stanton Auction by day, then relax and kick
> back at Phonovention in the evening. Following the Stanton Preview show on
> Thursday, you will be captivated by none other than Mr. Jerry Fabris, museum
> curator of the Thomas Edison National Historical Park. Following Friday's
> auction, return to Phonovention for dinner, round table discussions and a
> presentation by Paul Ladd describing how to prepare a World Class collection
> for auction. The Phonovention registration form can be found later in this
> issue of "In The Groove."
> 
> If you are not a MAPS member, you could not join at a better time. If you
> are a Michigan Antique Phonograph Society member, please have your shirt
> buttons reinforced as they may soon be popping off from pride of membership.
> 
> Enthusiastically Yours,
> 
> Tim McCormick
> 
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