Fads and fashions influenced the evolution of phonograph design in twentieth-century America, creating a vivid visual cavalcade. This beautiful volume is full of gleaming metal, glistening wood, pastel plastic, glowing dials, and fashionable fabrics. This is a story of developing style that stretches from the Victrola in the early 1900s to Quadraphonic sound of the 1970s. Yet the history of phonograph design is not just about eye-catching cabinetry, it is also the saga of our parents and grandparents, and the way they saw the world in which they lived. Through 340 color illustrations and detailed captions the development of phonograph design and sound reproduction is engagingly explored. All who are interested in phonograph collecting, design, art, music and twentieth-century social history will be fascinated by this book.
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Timothy C. Fabrizio and George F. Paul are accomplished authorities on talking machines and are both residents of New York State. Tim currently restores and sells these machines. George's Phonograph Forum column has been a feature of the New Amberola Graphic* since 1983.
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Excellent book on early phonographs,
By A 78 RPM Nut (Banning, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Phonographs With Flair: A Century of Style in Sound Reproduction (A Schiffer Book for Collectors) (Hardcover)
The book Phonographs With Flair came out a few years ago, and it's one of the better books on the subject. The photos are excellent and it covers many different models from 1890s thru the 1970s. Included are many photos of very oddball models, many of which are probably near extinction today.
If you have any interest at all in music, record collecting or icons of the 20th century, this book is an excellent choice.
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I got this book for a friend of mine for his birthday. He is a real "tinker-er". It arrived within a week and was very nicely wrapped. Even though it is a "used" book, it was in very good condition, actually better condition than I had expected. My friend was ABSOLUTELY thrilled and said, "This is EXACTLY what I was looking for". The next thing I knew he was showing me sketches he, himself, had made from the drawings in the book. He is part tinker-er and part artist. Thanks, Amazon and vendor.
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