How many other TBN members have you personally met?

[k0ua]

I think those pressed in the later years (or 78 RPM) were vinyl. My parents had some...mostly WW II vintage.
I've never seen one made of bakelite...but, of then my parents' record, can't say I've ever seen other 78's.

Apparently they were made of a lot of different things:

78 rpm materials

The earliest disc records (1889-1894) were made of various materials including hard rubber. Around 1895, a shellac-based compound was introduced and became standard. Exact formulas for this compound varied by manufacturer and over the course of time, but it was typically composed of about one-third shellac and about two-thirds "mineral filler", which meant finely pulverized rock, usually slate and limestone, with an admixture of cotton fibers to add tensile strength, carbon black for color (without this, it tended to be a "dirty" gray or brown color that most record companies considered unattractive), and a very small amount of a lubricant to facilitate mold release during manufacture. Some makers, notably Columbia Records, used a laminated construction with a core disc of coarser material or fiber. The production of shellac records continued until the end of the 78 rpm format (i.e., the late 1950s in most developed countries but well into the 1960s in some other places), but increasingly less abrasive formulations were used during its declining years and very late examples in truly like-new condition can be nearly as noiseless as vinyl


James K0UA

 

[westbrooklawn]

Just found this thread... very interesting. I've met 4 that I know of... one a neighbor who originally steered me to this site, Teg when he bought my bucket grapple... Nelson Long when I visited his place... and Carver when I bought some sod from his sod farm. Would love to have a get together in this part of the country... the Texas get togethers sounded like a lot of fun, but a little too far to travel.

 

[looknlearn]

I think those pressed in the later years (or 78 RPM) were vinyl. My parents had some...mostly WW II vintage.
I've never seen one made of bakelite...but, of then my parents' record, can't say I've ever seen other 78's.

I guess I could be considered part of the young gun club but I know about the old windup phonographs(and have fixed them before), had records that were the old brittle and one sided. I've had 78's, 45's, and 33 1/3's LPs (long playing) have had quite a few different record players and tape players. Never had any 8 tracks but have an 8 track player. I like old things and before I got distracted with the internet, I would read library books or encyclopedias and even patents and make things. I made speakers, telephones, radio's made a hand crank wax drum phonograph recording and playing devise but couldn't get the wax quite right. My brother is more into vinyl now than I am. He has lots of records and a couple record players, the special tools for cleaning records, etc. It still sounds better than what they play now.

I like how the old things are still around and work great and how new things are obsolete or worthless in a year.

 

[bakerg]

As for me, NONE...I am such a mean old grump that meeting me would ruin your whole day, and then some. But it may be interesting to see who claims to have met the most members, face to face, outside of TBN.

I would like to meet you JD, I think your a hoot. Love to read what you are ranting about on here or even on the old LMF.:thumbsup::laughing:

 

[bigtiller]

My babysitter sat on a 78 by Connie Francis and it broke into 3 pieces. It had my moms favorite song on it and it took her a long time to get over.

 

[JDgreen227]

I would like to meet you JD, I think your a hoot. Love to read what you are ranting about on here or even on the old LMF.:thumbsup::laughing:

bakerg, I think you seriously need some professional help, if you say you want to meet me. The key term in your post is "ranting"...permaps you fail to realize that normal, well adjusted and properly schooled people do not rant...:laughing:

BTW, the reason I can be such a smart a**, sarcastic SOB is because I am really shy and awkward in social situations, so I make jokes to cover my insecurity. Everybody got that?

 

[bakerg]

bakerg, I think you seriously need some professional help, if you say you want to meet me. The key term in your post is "ranting"...permaps you fail to realize that normal, well adjusted and properly schooled people do not rant...:laughing:

BTW, the reason I can be such a smart a**, sarcastic SOB is because I am really shy and awkward in social situations, so I make jokes to cover my insecurity. Everybody got that?

But JD you are a John Deere man so you can't be all bad.:laughing: Someday when I am in Michigan I will have to look you up, you may roar like a lion but you are just a ***** cat at heart.

 

[Redbug]

I have met 5 TBN members. The Carolinas and Georgia have a fair amount of members. But we must be spread differently than in the Republic of Texas.

Maybe if we had bumper stickers...

 

[bigtiller]

I have met 5 TBN members. The Carolinas and Georgia have a fair amount of members. But we must be spread differently than in the Republic of Texas.

Maybe if we had bumper stickers...

They offered us TBN bumper stickers a few years ago but I never got mine for some reason.

 

[Western]

So far I have only met Eddie and took a tour of his place. Was a treat.:thumbsup: