Folks, I started collecting in 1973. My two first books were also "From Tinfoil to Stereo"(hardcover) and "The Fabulous Phonograph" (softcover). About a year ago I purchased a hardcover "The Fabulous Phonograph" just as a nice book for my library. I thought the little black and white pics of phonographs in the "From Tinfoil" book were so cool! Steve On Mar 11, 2008, at 10:13 PM, John Maeder wrote: > > I am proud that Ken Blazier gave me his copy of 'From Tinfoil To > Stereo' that was given to him by Elmer Moore (a first generation > Southern California collector). Both their names are inside with > dedications from each generation to the next. Ken passed away > earlier this winter, for those of you who may not know. I also have > Del Hahn's copy of 'Edison Cylinder Phonograph Companion'. Del > passed away early last year. Elmer was before my time in SoCal but > heard many stories about him. I knew Ken and Del well and thought > very highly of them both. I really treasure those books! > > When I was a kid (I started collecting at age 10), I used to check a > 1954 edition of 'Fabulous Phonograph' out of the Ft. Knox (Ky.) > library. The librarian told me I was the only person that had ever > checked it out! On one visit when I was about 13 or 14, she gave it > to me stamped 'discarded'. I still have it. Kind regards, John > >> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:38:39 -0700 >> From: deedeeblais at yahoo.com >> To: phono-l at oldcrank.org >> Subject: [Phono-L] Tinfoil To Stereo >> >> For those that get tired of stories from "back when I >> was a new collector", you can tune out now. When I >> started collecting in the early 70's, the only books >> that were available were "Tinfoil to Stereo" first >> printed in 1959 and "The Fabulous Phonograph" first >> printed in 1954. I was introduced to both those books >> by Ira Dueltgen. He had an extra copy of "The >> Fabulous Phonograph" that he gave or sold me at a >> modest price. I was disappointed to find out that >> "Tinfoil" was out of print and I had to wait what >> seemed like forever before the second edition was >> available. When I was looking for the photo of the >> Diamond Disk with the loud speaking attachment I >> checked the inside cover and found that my copy came >> through several collectors. On the inside cover it >> says: "Received 1-13-66, Purchased from A. Nugent Jr. >> 3804 Charles City Rd. Richmond, Va. Property of H. >> Claire Carpenter Sr. .... Sold to Ira Dueltgen by Mr. >> Carpenter's widow .... Purchased from Ira by John >> Davis in 1978 ... gift from John Davis to Jerry Blais >> 12-11-2006. >> I sold my second edition copy of Tinfoil from a >> posting on phono-l some time ago. We have so many >> wonderful phonograph books. My only difficulty today >> is trying to process so much information. Happy >> collecting, Jerry Blais >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________________________________ >> Looking for last minute shopping deals? >> Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org