I bought an excellent replica Kreusi at Union around 1995 for $500, which was made by Paul McGilvery of Lisle, IL. I recently sold it on eBay for many times that amount! Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: <TAEdisonJR at aol.com> To: <phono-l at oldcrank.org> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 6:08 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Kruesi Replica Tinfoil Machines > There have been a few commercial production runs of Kreusi replicas, but > also untold numbers of privately-made ones. The blueprints used to be sold > by > the Edison National Historic Site and allowed anyone with machining skills > to > make one or more. > > The three best known of the larger production runs were the following: > > Elmer Jones in the 1960s or 1970s. These were quite well made and can be > readily identified because they have his name cast into the underside of > the > base. > > Bill Ptacek from 1995 to 2004. Bill's made somewhere over 50 in total, of > exceptional quality. All have his initials ("WCP") cast underneath the > base, > along with a serial number (e.g. "9605" -- the year and the sequence > number > within that year.) > > Mirek Stehlik ca. 1995 or so. Mirek made 25 absolutely perfect copies. He > did not cast his name or initials into the base, but each has a serial > number > stamped into the end of the main shaft. > > There was another commercial run of machines made in the 1970s, I'll have > to > dig through my files to find the maker's name. I have never seen one of > these > so I don't know if they were marked in any way. The original promotional > material didn't state whether they were marked. > > I have seen many privately-made examples, varying in quality from very > amateurish to highly professional. One of the best of these one-offs was > shown on > the cover of the December 1977 issue of "Audio" magazine, and described in > detail in an accompanying article. The author appears to sell himself > short when > he wrote that is isn't an expert machinist -- it looks outstanding -- but > he > did note that it took him over 300 hours to make. > > I hope this helps. > > Best regards, > Rene Rondeau > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >