I was actually curious about which machines you purchased from Dave's collection as well, Rene. And like the rest of the list, I offer many thanks to Norman for posting the wonderful video. In fact, I'll go one further and say that my favorite partof Rene's video feature (the news story) was watching him try to talk over the increased volume after having turned on the air compressor... and I've also downloaded a lot of wonderful videos from this one website that features its 'for sale' items in action... You know what would be GREAT for the repository? If owners of unusual machines (or any machines for that matter, I'd certainly download them all) had the facilities to take a quick video of their machines in action, introducing them first so that we have the sound of their voice as a reference to compare the sound of the phono to, to give an idea of its sonic signature. Icing would be watching any preliminary set-up involved with the machine, i.e., putting on the concert platen, winding the spring (those sounds are just as fascinating to those of us with little in-person experience with a given machine), assembling the horn/crane, etc. Any info would be great, as long as it included the machine's make and model, and maybe the record's artist, title, company of manufacture, and perhaps catalog number. We could flood youtube with phono videos and even generate more interest in the hobby! It's a stretch, I know, but c'mon! Would you love to see the rest of Rene's machine in action? I know Dan K has a lot of machines I'm curious about. With much hope, Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Nichol" <jnichol at fuse.net> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Dave Heitz Collection > Rene, what kind of tinfoil machine did Dave have? Where is it now? Was he > using your tinfoil? What machines did you buy from Dave? Sorry if I'm too > nosey. > > Jim Nichol