http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/03/24/huge-drum-shaped-speaker-on-auto-advertises-theatre/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:56:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/03/24/huge-drum-shaped-speaker-on-auto-advertises-theatre/comment-page-1/#comment-1066905 hwertz Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:31:01 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7477#comment-1066905 Might not have been electrical. My friend's got a Victrola (that will play Edison, 78, *and* normal records...), crank-operated, no electronics whatsoever. It's LOUD!! There's a lever in back that I think partially bocks some sound tube inside it to quiet it down, AND the doors to shut to quiet it further. You've got to close down both quite a bit for the volume to drop below "noisy party" volume levels to any sort of regular volume level. He says a few times when the power's gone out, he's lit a few candles, cranked up the Victrola, the neighbors all come buy to ask him if he still has power (improptu party!) Might not have been electrical. My friend’s got a Victrola (that will play Edison, 78, *and* normal records…), crank-operated, no electronics whatsoever. It’s LOUD!! There’s a lever in back that I think partially bocks some sound tube inside it to quiet it down, AND the doors to shut to quiet it further. You’ve got to close down both quite a bit for the volume to drop below “noisy party” volume levels to any sort of regular volume level. He says a few times when the power’s gone out, he’s lit a few candles, cranked up the Victrola, the neighbors all come buy to ask him if he still has power (improptu party!)

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/03/24/huge-drum-shaped-speaker-on-auto-advertises-theatre/comment-page-1/#comment-1066897 KentD Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:36:04 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7477#comment-1066897 The electric speaker was only invented in 1925, so this was quite a modern trick. The electric speaker was only invented in 1925, so this was quite a modern trick.

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