I just subscribed to the list and wanted to do a brief info; someone on the 78-C list pointed me here. I've been catching up on the list archives and noted a recent discussion about scrap drives and how many horns and phonographs succumed to the War effort. I'll mention that, for me at least, one of the more heartbreaking things about the drives was the fact that many original metal parts were thrown out by RCA and other companies. I did some research on an artist named Dwight Fiske that had several 78's custom pressed by RCA in the early 30's and the original index cards in the BMG archives noted when the masters for these were donated for scrap; it's tough to find decent copies of these today. I'm Randy Riddle and live in central NC. Primarily my interests are in collecting records, but I have some vintage machines - a tabletop and portable Victrolas and a portable (?) Lear wire recorder that also plays 78s. I'm interested in reading some of the in's and out's of the machines themselves. I've also become interested in collecting 16" transcription discs recently and I'm trying to decide on an inexpensive modern turntable to play those as well as my 78's. If anyone has experience with KAB's Transcriber 2 or the Rek-O-Kut CVS-16, I'd be interested in talking with you off the list. (I tried a vintange Gates broadcast table a few years back and wasn't pleased with all the rumble, btw.) Randy