Thanks. Just looked at those machines on your website. Looks like you did well to get them. Jim On Mar 2, 2007, at 11:53 AM, TAEdisonJR at aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 3/1/2007 5:32:19 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, > jnichol at fuse.net writes: > > Rene, what kind of tinfoil machine did Dave have? Where is it now? > Was he using your tinfoil? What machines did you buy from Dave? Sorry > if I'm too nosey. > > > ====================== > > Dave never owned an original tinfoil, much to his frustration. He > had a > replica Kruesi (the first prototype phonograph) that he used > regularly for > demonstrations to school groups which visited his private museum. > And yes, he did > use the authentic tinfoil I supplied, much preferring it to the > aluminum foil > he used to use. He did have a couple of opportunities to acquire > original > European tinfoils but he was a hardcore purist and held out for one > made under > Edison's own imprimatur. The closest he came was when a Parlor > Model was > auctioned at Christie's in 1999. He was outbid, and ever-after he > lamented that he > hadn't reached even higher! > > I treasure all the machines I have from the Heitz collection: > > -- Berliner hand-wind (which he had acquired out of the Drake Museum) > -- Victor B (one of his personal favorites) > -- Paillard Maestrophone (Stirling hot-air motor and another of his > favorites) > -- Edison Diamond Disc A-290 (inlaid marquetry Sheraton, which I > used to see > in his dining room) > -- Columbia AA (a common machine but very mint, which graced the > 18th-century original living room of his house) > > Best regards, > Rene