Yes, pure insanity (and unfettered greed); I concur. This probably isn't too alien a concept for some of us escapists. That being said, I've always been fascinated by the WWI music. Best, Andy On Jan 20, 2008, at 10:26 PM, KEEPERH2O at aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 1/20/2008 11:38:34 AM Pacific Standard Time, > andy at popyrus.com writes: > > I've often heard that many of the metal horns were turned in during > the WWII scrap metal drives. If this is the case, then it may be > that > more were lost to salvage efforts than to damage. One can imagine, > what a loss to us today this must represent. Inevitably there would > have been some real treasures with hand-painted effects panels, > special finishes, solid brass Zonophone horns, etc. > Andy > > > War is so wasteful on so many levels. Pure insanity, and this > thing with > horns going to scrap drives is a case in point! > > (Chuckles) > > Edward > > > > > **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. > http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org