[Phono-L] Borri Cylinders...
Ron L
lherault at bu.edu
Thu Sep 25 06:01:48 PDT 2008
He's a huge devotee.
Ron
-----Original Message-----
From: phono-l-bounces at oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-bounces at oldcrank.org] On
Behalf Of Peter Fraser
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 2:03 AM
To: Antique Phonograph List
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Borri Cylinders...
actually it makes him either a huge devotee...or a crackpot.
On Sep 24, 2008, at 6:55 PM, C5fan at aol.com wrote:
> I believe he bought the name and the rights years ago just like the
> company
> in India that bought the name and rights to the HMV's that we call
> crapophones. That is why he has made this claim and I guess it does
> make him the
> successor. .
>
>
> In a message dated 9/24/2008 9:10:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> john9ten at pacbell.net writes:
>
> Sounds like a shady guy. The one thing I never liked about his
> business is
> that he claimed to be successor to the original Edison Phonograph
> Works...to
> me that is just plain dishonest.
>
> --- On Wed, 9/24/08, John Pisano <jpisano at cox.net> wrote:
>
> From: John Pisano <jpisano at cox.net>
> Subject: [Phono-L] Borri Cylinders...
> To: phono-l at oldcrank.org
> Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2008, 2:49 PM
>
> I met Shawn Borri at the MME show in New Jersey a few years back.
> I traded
> him and his partner a shaving machine in exchange for eight
> cylinders. I
> received two cylinders at the show and he was going to make the
> rest when he
> got home. I gave him the shaver at the show. This was several
> years ago.
> I never did receive the cylinders. I have e-mailed him several
> times since
> and he has e-mailed me back stating he would send the cylinders as
> recently
> as a year ago. I have never received them and have since given up.
> Obviously I would not do business with him again.
>
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