[Phono-L] A new twist on a ****ophone

[Jeffrey Friedman]

I assembled one of these kits a few months back.  The instructions were in 
Japanese only, but the illustrations were enough to get me through the 
assembly, and one of the sellers has translated the later part of the manual 
which includes experiments on changing the geometry of the soundbox.  I have 
not yet tried recording with it, which you can do using a plastic substrate 
(like a CD you don't mind wrecking, or one of those red Edison dictation 
blanks you can find on eBay) and a groove guide.  It comes with some bamboo 
needles and a cutter, the needles work well on 78s but I haven't tried them 
on 45s or 33s, though the kit will let you play records at those speeds by 
gearing the turntable.

Jeff


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Kocsis" <chrisk33 at cox.net>
To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 9:04 AM
Subject: [Phono-L] A new twist on a ****ophone


> Have you seen this?   No **** insult intended, I think it's kind of neat 
> :-)
>