[78-L] Cylinder machine sighting [fwd]

[Mike Harkin]

I hope you grassed this proctological orifice to the owner!

Mike in Plovdiv

--- On Sun, 1/23/11, victrola78s at aol.com <victrola78s at aol.com> wrote:

> From: victrola78s at aol.com <victrola78s at aol.com>
> Subject: [78-L] Cylinder machine sighting
> To: 78-L at 78online.com
> Date: Sunday, January 23, 2011, 1:36 PM
> 
> 
> 
> Ahhh...yes, well once again Professor Biel is correct. How
> does he DO that? I know, diligent researching of the subject
> at hand before opening of mouth(or touching keyboard). I was
> relying on memory, and having gone back to actually LOOK at
> the YouTube video the cylinder does indeed break in "Shakey
> Jake"'s hand...with a resounding CRACK...as it then
> shatters. And the floor then resounds with the pieces
> hitting it with little crinkly noises. Still a hilarious
> video, notwithstanding the nauseous feeling one gets while
> watching a vintage cylinder or shellac disc meeting its end.
> And as far as the "joke" aspect of this bit, "Jake" must've
> been applying pressure with his fingers on the inside of the
> cylinder to effect the breakage-naughty man("Put your Hand
> Out...").
> 
> There is a German bakery & gift shop here in
> Indianapolis called Heidelberg Haus, run by Jurgen und Gabi
> Jungbauer. In the mittel of the store dividing the
> bakery/cafe from the market/gift shop stands an Amberola
> upright phonograph. There are about 40 cylinders in the
> storage area. I once saw a 20-something college boy type
> explaining the Amberola to his girlfriend. He chatted away
> about Edison, cylinders, recording history as he opened the
> drawer and removed a cylinder from its box to show the
> girlfriend. The impromptu demo ended when he hit the
> cylinder against the drawer and it cracked. He hesitated for
> only a moment, then replaced the cylinder in its box, closed
> the door on the Amberola and walked into the gift shop. It
> was obvious to me that I was the only one to witness this
> assholian act, and my stomach still quivers at the
> recollection of it.
> 
> Dennis "Foot-in-mouth Disease" Forkel
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