[78-L] Frequently Asked (or otherwise clueless) Questions

[neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com]

Not a vocal collector, I should've specified. Most of the names you list 
are unknown to me.

Did I miss something?

I believe there is one pianist who did record for Berliner, but his name 
slips by me at the moment.

I don't know Hunermann, did you mean Hubermann? I hadn't realized he had 
recorded for B.

Arnold Rose I am completely unfamiliar with, except for that which is 
published on wiki-p.

What other classical instrumentalists recorded for B?

joe salerno

On 1/25/2012 11:54 AM, Erwin Kluwer wrote:
> Ooops you are a classical collector and there is nothing of interest of you
> on Berliner...??
>
>
> What about singers as: Sobinov, Kastorsky, Kamionsky, Soulacroix....
> Vialtzeva.Figner
>
> Selma Kurz.Hermann Winkelmann,Adamo Didur,Slezak,Melchissèdec.Ellen Beach
> Yaw, Leon Laffitte
>
>
> And instrumentalists: Arnold Rose, Hunermann, and many others...???
> ,
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 2:53 PM, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com<
> neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> That Monarch is a really nice find Rod. I was collecting for many years
>> before I encountered one and later to actually acquire one. Not
>> typically what I collect, but when I see something that old for a
>> reasonable price, I snatch it up. Like Shaw's Broken English and Spoken
>> English. Sometimes I just like a label design.
>>
>> There's nothing of interest to me musically on a Berliner, but I wanted
>> one just to show. Also a brown wax cylinder. When I found a stack of
>> Berliners and early Johnson records for dirt, I grabbed them eagerly.
>> Some of these now decorate my wall.
>>
>> Who else puts records on a wall besides a collector? Really....
>>
>> The cylinder is more difficult to display on a wall. Especially the
>> great big ones.
>>
>> As far as what you collect, it typically reflects your musical tastes.
>> I'm primarily a classical collector, also get into some OTR, and dabble
>> every once in a while in early electric dance bands.
>>
>> I don't think anyone on this list minds newbie questions (and we may
>> learn something anyway, or find something new to argue over). It's good
>> for the old farts, I mean old timers, to hear the questions of new/young
>> collectors. You are going to replace us at the end of the day.
>>
>> joe salerno
>>
>>
>> On 1/25/2012 4:04 AM, Rod Brown wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Professors,
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm wondering if there is an on-line site to visit with basic beginners'
>>> questions about collecting 78s. I ask because I often feel like asking my
>>> little elementary queries of 78-L list members is too like asking Mr.
>>> Hawking to help me with my long division homework. As much as I hesitate
>> to
>>> flatter anyone to that degree, asking questions can be a little
>>> intimidating for this newbie.
>>>
>>> Since I doubt there is such an on-line resource, I guess I should be
>> asking
>>> about what a 78 Collector's basic library should include. I know lots of
>>> money can be spent on books, but what titles would any of you nominate
>> for
>>> a basic collector?
>>>
>>> This past weekend, I was trying to choose some 78s to take home out of a
>>> batch of about 1,500 of them. I was never more acutely aware of how
>> little
>>> I know about this whole complex endeavor (I can't call it merely a
>>> 'hobby'). I'd have loved to know even a little more than I do, to help me
>>> make decent decisions.
>>>
>>> In any case, I added what might be the oldest record in my small
>>> collection. That's a Monarch Record with a black label. Mainspring Press
>>> seems to describe this as the "straight-line" design. The number (both on
>>> the label and in the matrix) is 1799. The music is a sextette called
>> "Tell
>>> Me Pretty Maiden" from "Floradora." The label is recessed. Nothing at all
>>> on the back of this one. I haven't seen much on the 'net about the
>> Monarch
>>> name and why, when, or for how long it was used.
>>>
>>> The record has a deep dimple exactly on the last groove, that seems as
>>> though it might have been put there intentionally, as an alarm: clunk,
>>> clunk, clunk means "The record is over; please remove the tone arm." Or
>> is
>>> this more likely a pressing accident, or later damage?
>>>
>>> Guess I'll timorously hit 'send.' Thanks for any wisdom you have the time
>>> to share.
>>>
>>> Rod
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>>
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