Tim, you are the man with the answer, as always. I once owned one of those rare machines, the Columbia BTH* ;-P *Beat To Hell Phonophan at aol.com wrote: The BZH was just what the name implied, a "hornless" version of the Columbia BZ. Note the chamfering of the corners, in the fashion of the BZ. Of course, the BZ was made in a mahogany finish and the BZH is oak, but they both hail from that period (1911 - 13) in which Columbia discovered it could get double service out of some of its inexpensive machines by creating either horn or hornless models out of them (as in the last version of the Standard Disc Talking Machine Model A, in which the cabinet it high enough to accommodate an internal horn, as needed). Although the BZ was simply an inexpensive Disc Graphophone, the BZH was more likely a client machine. To see a picture of the BZ cabinet and appreciate the similarities with the BZH, go to _www.phonophan.com/bzcabinet.jpg_ (http://www.phonophan.com/bzcabinet.jpg) HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Tim Fabrizio phonophan PO Box 747 Henrietta, NY 14467 TEL 585 582 1586 FAX 585 582 2624 Web site: www.phonophan.com **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
