[78-L] Average age

Fri Nov 12 16:31:11 PST 2010

From: Dan Van Landingham
> I was also into antique radios.I was given a Brunswick phonograph circa 
> 1918
back in 1959 when I was eight years old.I had it for several years but threw 
it out when we moved
north of North Bend, Oregon.I ended up losing a pump organ as well as a 1945 
Philco radio-phonograph
we had owned since the late '50s as well as an Atwater Kent cathedral radio 
circa 1931 and a circa 1924 battery set
which came out of an attic back in 1964.I had everything with it-the horn 
speaker and headphones with
it.My grandmother gave it to me when they were living outside of 
Eugene,Oregon in a small town called
Monroe.There were several old records she gave me as well:Venuti's OKeh 
recording of "Dinah" with
Eddie Lang(Joe Venuti's Blue Four)and "Black Maria" by Arnold Frank and his 
Roger's Cafe Orches-
tra which dated from 1927 according to Scott Alexander's Red Hot Jazz 
website.Unfortunately,I no
longer have my antiques due to lack of storage.The only radios I am looking 
to buy are two mid to late
'30s consoles:a Zenith and a circa 1936 Atwataer Kent console.I had the 
latter in 1964 or so.
>
I used to collect vintage radios...I quickly discovered that to be a 
"space-consuming" hobby!
I was lucky enough to acquire an E.H. Scott 800-B; 24 tubes, AM/SW and 
modern-day FM
(albeit mono!). I'm hoping my brother still has that in storage for me...?! 
I have the remnants
of my radio collection out in my garage (LONG story involved); I own (I 
hope) at least one
radio with the original FM band...?!

A decade (or more) ago I encountered a then-old lady who had discovered that 
I
collected 78's. She said "I think I still have some of those" and gave me 
about
25 records...all VERY nice vintage jazz stuff, with which she had grown 
up...!

Steven C. Barr

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From: George Anglin <packardmarmon1940 at sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Thu, November 11, 2010 7:10:07 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Average age

Bought my first car, a 1936 dodge coupe in 1960 when I got my license. Still
have it 50 years later and after two engine rebuilds, a paint job and
upholstery, still drives like a dream. Bought my first record in 1957, Leo
Reisman on columbia "Cause I Feel Low Down" and flip "In A bamboo Garden"
Hundreds of plays and still sounds priceless. Nuf said. Packard Marmon

--- On Thu, 11/11/10, Royal Pemberton <ampex354 at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Royal Pemberton <ampex354 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [78-L] Average age
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Date: Thursday, November 11, 2010, 6:44 PM

I'm 46, and was born when my dad was 41 and my mother 40.  (The US number 1
record at the time was 'I want to hold your hand' by the Beatles--on 78s in
India!)  Dad had bought records since the 1940s, but had left most all his
78s at my grandparents' house, so exploring the records there was something
out of another world to everything around me at home and in the rest of the
world.  All records have been fascinating to me, but there was always
something remarkable about those old fragile things, a certain immediacy and
impact, that the slower speed records had less of.

I also agree about the CD thing and the buzz (in a sense) you get from the
experience of actually handling vintage media and interacting with it to
hear what's recorded on them, be they records or other things like
reel-to-reel tapes or spools of wire (and I have some of each of those too).

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 12:18 AM, Kristjan Saag <saag at telia.com> wrote:

> Cary Ginell wrote:
>
>  > There aren't many consumer goods from 70-80 years ago that are still
> functioning and able of being enjoyed in today's world.
> --
> Heard of antique stores?
> They sell china, furniture, clocks, fountain pens, crystal, lamps,
> books, magazines, postcards, musical instruments, pottery, toys,
> teddy-bears, kitchen-ware, clothes, door-knobs, water-pipes, jewels,
> linen, binoculars, tennis rackets...
> Most of the stuff works. Enjoyed by some, dismissed by others.
> But there's nothing like playing a tennis match with a 1930's wooden
> racket and without tie-break.
> Kristjan
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