13-06-2014, 03:58 PM
(This post was last modified: 13-06-2014, 04:00 PM by Radio Fixer.)
Well he was 35 but of course compared to most of us he is young.
Actually a self employed TV / Sat dish installer. Fitted us with a new aerial for bedroom and kitchen TVs that are on Freeview and an FM aerial. (Main dinning room TV is on Virgin cable).
Anyway we checked the TV's and then he was most puzzled when I turned on my beautifully restored HMV 650 for the FM. "How old is it?" "1939" "But they didn't have FM back then". So I showed him the tuner and the house transmitter.
From there I put on a mint Artie Shaw 78, he had never seen a 78 before, that plays on Gram via a restored HMV playing deck. He really couldn't believe that something that old could sound so good.
But he wanted to see a chassis and a valve ... so he had a tour of the Museum and was amazed by all the styles, shapes and material that the ancient sets were made of.
Really unusual for anyone under 50 to take any interest, in fact he is a first
Gary
Actually a self employed TV / Sat dish installer. Fitted us with a new aerial for bedroom and kitchen TVs that are on Freeview and an FM aerial. (Main dinning room TV is on Virgin cable).
Anyway we checked the TV's and then he was most puzzled when I turned on my beautifully restored HMV 650 for the FM. "How old is it?" "1939" "But they didn't have FM back then". So I showed him the tuner and the house transmitter.
From there I put on a mint Artie Shaw 78, he had never seen a 78 before, that plays on Gram via a restored HMV playing deck. He really couldn't believe that something that old could sound so good.
But he wanted to see a chassis and a valve ... so he had a tour of the Museum and was amazed by all the styles, shapes and material that the ancient sets were made of.
Really unusual for anyone under 50 to take any interest, in fact he is a first
Gary
