Jerry & List, My experience was similar to yours. I first read a borrowed copy of "Tinfoil to Stereo" in the summer of 1973, and thought that here, finally, was the greatest book ever written on the history of the phonograph - - more information than I could digest! By 1976, I was the proud owner of a first edition plus the brand-new second edition. I devoured each page. Great stuff. But within a year or so, I began re-reading it more critically.? I knew from other sources that the Victrola "IV" was NOT the first enclosed horn Victor machine (p.180, fig. 13-1), that the Edison "Opera" used a Diamond "A" Reproducer - NOT a "K" (Plate VI), and that Bell & Tainter cylinders were 6 inches long, NOT eight (p.108). I began making a list of errors I encountered? in "Tinfoil to Stereo," and it quickly grew to nearly 100 listings - and this was based on my own limited knowledge! Twenty years later it was the continued reliance upon "Tinfoil to Stereo" by collectors that encouraged Tim Fabrizio and me to write our series of books on early phonograph history. We wanted to set the historical straight - and without the slavish bias toward Thomas Edison as seen in "Tinfoil to Stereo." That said, I do regard "Tinfoil" as a landmark book in the collecting history of our hobby, and I'm even fond of it in some ways. It was all we had for many years, and I'm grateful to Read & Welch for having written it. But I certainly hope that none among us are consulting "Tinfoil" for factual information anymore! It's a book to be leafed through on rainy afternoons to appreciate how far we've come since 1959. And in that light, well worth twenty bucks. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! George Paul ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com