Post by phonogfp on Mar 9, 2009 15:52:52 GMT -6
I usually send Editor Rene Rondeau my thanks for each issue I receive in the mail. After all, it's Rene's work that makes the journal look as good as it does. But as long as CAPS has this spot on the ATMMB, I'll just post my comments here and perhaps others will want to offer their own opinions - and refute mine!
The front cover looks spectacular. It's a full-color photo of Rene's lyre-grille Amberola 1A, and it looks good enough to eat. Rene incorporated an antique photographer's background for a very nice effect. More of that, Rene!
The first installment of a two-part article on the Edison Amberola 1A/1B appears in this issue.
Scott wrote a nice article about the ATMMB, so we may be welcoming new members soon. This cross-promotion is a good direction.
I'll bet many of us own the Victor record of "How 'Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm (After They've Seen Paree?)." And I've heard "Just Like A Melody Out of the Sky"... And who doesn't know "Yes Sir, That's My Baby", "My Blue Heaven", "Carolina In The Morning", and "Making Whoopee"? But who among us could name the guy who WROTE them all? Gosh, if you had asked me this morning who Walter Donaldson was, I couldn't have told you. But this interesting article by Charles Marowitz educated me.
...And is that our young friend Aaron sitting by his Christmas tree holding a Model A "Gem?" Nice article, Aaron! Be sure to show your friends...and show them the way!
Allen Koenigsberg contributed the story of Melvin Elam Gilbert, who invented an interesting cylinder phonograph repeater (rarely found on Edison "Homes" and "Triumphs"). Mr. Gilbert, whose unhappy life ended at age 52, is the only inventor of early phonographic apparatus whose patents specify him as "E. Gilbert, An Insane Person." Good reading!
Bob Baumbach illustrates and describes six different models of the 1924 Brunswick phonographs equipped with RCA Radiolas as standard equipment - the FIRST company to do so. Lots of information I've seen nowhere else.
And the Exalted Editor Himself writes a very interesting article on the evolution of Thomas Edison's autograph, showing 16 authentic examples through the years, as well as 4 fakes! Once you read Rene's article and understand the general characteristics of Edison's signature as they evolved through time, it's unlikely you'll be fooled by some phony eBay offering (as some of our unfortunate brethren have been).
Holy smokes - where DOES Thomas Rhodes come up with all his information on Columbia Viva-Tonals? The hero of all Orthophonic/Viva-Tonal fans makes a significant contribution to this neglected topic.
The rear cover - also in full color - shows Brunswick's flagship model of 1924: the Brunswick-Radiola BR-360. I've never seen any of these Brunswick-Radiolas... Interesting machines.
Hope everyone is enjoying this issue as much as I am!
George P.
The front cover looks spectacular. It's a full-color photo of Rene's lyre-grille Amberola 1A, and it looks good enough to eat. Rene incorporated an antique photographer's background for a very nice effect. More of that, Rene!
The first installment of a two-part article on the Edison Amberola 1A/1B appears in this issue.
Scott wrote a nice article about the ATMMB, so we may be welcoming new members soon. This cross-promotion is a good direction.
I'll bet many of us own the Victor record of "How 'Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm (After They've Seen Paree?)." And I've heard "Just Like A Melody Out of the Sky"... And who doesn't know "Yes Sir, That's My Baby", "My Blue Heaven", "Carolina In The Morning", and "Making Whoopee"? But who among us could name the guy who WROTE them all? Gosh, if you had asked me this morning who Walter Donaldson was, I couldn't have told you. But this interesting article by Charles Marowitz educated me.
...And is that our young friend Aaron sitting by his Christmas tree holding a Model A "Gem?" Nice article, Aaron! Be sure to show your friends...and show them the way!
Allen Koenigsberg contributed the story of Melvin Elam Gilbert, who invented an interesting cylinder phonograph repeater (rarely found on Edison "Homes" and "Triumphs"). Mr. Gilbert, whose unhappy life ended at age 52, is the only inventor of early phonographic apparatus whose patents specify him as "E. Gilbert, An Insane Person." Good reading!
Bob Baumbach illustrates and describes six different models of the 1924 Brunswick phonographs equipped with RCA Radiolas as standard equipment - the FIRST company to do so. Lots of information I've seen nowhere else.
And the Exalted Editor Himself writes a very interesting article on the evolution of Thomas Edison's autograph, showing 16 authentic examples through the years, as well as 4 fakes! Once you read Rene's article and understand the general characteristics of Edison's signature as they evolved through time, it's unlikely you'll be fooled by some phony eBay offering (as some of our unfortunate brethren have been).
Holy smokes - where DOES Thomas Rhodes come up with all his information on Columbia Viva-Tonals? The hero of all Orthophonic/Viva-Tonal fans makes a significant contribution to this neglected topic.
The rear cover - also in full color - shows Brunswick's flagship model of 1924: the Brunswick-Radiola BR-360. I've never seen any of these Brunswick-Radiolas... Interesting machines.
Hope everyone is enjoying this issue as much as I am!
George P.