PHONOGRAPHS WITH FLAIR A Century of Style in Sound Reproduction.

Fabrizio, Timothy C. and George F. Paul

ISBN 10: 0764312812 / ISBN 13: 9780764312816

Published by Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, Pa., 2001

About this Item

192p., 8 1/2" x 11", glossy pictorial boards, illustrated (most colored), dust jacket, vg. First edition. Signed by the authors on the title page. "A Schiffer Book for Collectors. With Price Guide." A visual study of phonograph design in the 20th century.

Seller Inventory # 64189

Bibliographic Details

• Title: PHONOGRAPHS WITH FLAIR A Century of Style in Sound Reproduction.
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, Pa.
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0764312812
• ISBN 13: 9780764312816
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • EDISON

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.