You just made my day. Back in the early 1970's I purchased a very, very old speaker. The housing is made of wood. The speaker itself is made of canvass and is about 7" in diameter. The magnet is really interesting as it is not the round type commonly in use today. It is a horse shoe magnet. The cord is of course cloth covered, as was common back then. There are two brass connectors at the end of the cord. I attached a crystal radio to this unit and it works. Not great sound today, but I'm sure back then it was considered state of the art. And of course, the label on the speaker case says Nathaniel Baldwin. Until this video I always wondered about the history of that speaker. Now I know. Thanks for sharing.
Another great story guys! I don't know how you get so much history in just a relatively "small" area of Utah. I passed through Salt Lake on the Zephyr,?? this time last year, fantastic train ride through beautiful country. Keep up the the great work. Cheers Gregg .
It sure is a great trip , I rode it from Chicago to Denver, then on to Truckee. In all I did 22 Amtrak trips in 10 weeks and crossed the country 3 times, plus Canada. I am coming back soon to do some more, I miss my BNSF life sized models..LOL Gregg:-)
LOL... I was 12hrs late leaving Denver! A freight train was blown off the tracks near Omaha ? , and the Zephyr was stuck behind it! But Amtrak do a great job considering being second fiddle to freight! Cheers Gregg.
Man back when i was in a band in the late 80's early 90's the venerable JBL 2 way was a standard PA system, because it rocked. We used Martins, Adamsons, Woods, Turbosound (junk), but for a smallish to medium joints that JBL 2 way was hard to beat.
We should of known you would weave and interesting dialog for what could of been a dull topic. Made more interesting by the fact that for seven years of my youth I worked for a man that pioneered home radio in San Francisco and the sales of crystal sets back in the day. Another great topic about, "Screwing around."
Farnsworth never got full credit - apart from Baird - for his great improvement to TV fly-back and line interlacing , he came to London and for a while worked with Baird until a fire destroyed a lot of their TV equipment though Farnsworth and Baird never agreed on full electronic v. semi-electronic TV cameras and technology.
Bard's system was interesting, and worked well. I like the mechanical aspects. Real shame the US screwed up the system with NTSC standards. Still a problem today. No matter. The think I like most interesting is Farnsworth being only 14 when he came up with the idea. He looks older, but even in the thumbnail, with a pencil drawing for an image, he's only like 16. Some peoples children....
You just made my day. Back in the early 1970's I purchased a very, very old speaker. The housing is made of wood. The speaker itself is made of canvass and is about 7" in diameter. The magnet is really interesting as it is not the round type commonly in use today. It is a horse shoe magnet. The cord is of course cloth covered, as was common back then. There are two brass connectors at the end of the cord. I attached a crystal radio to this unit and it works. Not great sound today, but I'm sure back then it was considered state of the art. And of course, the label on the speaker case says Nathaniel Baldwin. Until this video I always wondered about the history of that speaker. Now I know. Thanks for sharing.
Cool speaker!!! You could call it a pre-JBL!!! And keep in mind the polygamist motto: One is never enough! Keep collecting.
Always interesting stuff Bud!! It's tough to keep someones attention for 22 minutes but you pull it off well!!☺
This chap's a jolly interesting story teller.
Very interesting history on JBL and TV and the radio industry.
Very interesting history from unexpected places! :) Jack
Another great story guys! I don't know how you get so much history in just a relatively "small" area of Utah. I passed through Salt Lake on the Zephyr,?? this time last year, fantastic train ride through beautiful country. Keep up the the great work.
Cheers Gregg .
We are taking that train to Denver in a few weeks as several shows. It is wonderful. Ive ridden it all the way from San Frissco to Chicago. WOW!
It sure is a great trip , I rode it from Chicago to Denver, then on to Truckee. In all I did 22 Amtrak trips in 10 weeks and crossed the country 3 times, plus Canada. I am coming back soon to do some more, I miss my BNSF life sized models..LOL
Gregg:-)
And these days Amtrack is on time. Mostly. Never more than a day late.
LOL... I was 12hrs late leaving Denver! A freight train was blown off the tracks near Omaha ? , and the Zephyr was stuck behind it! But Amtrak do a great job considering being second fiddle to freight!
Cheers Gregg.
Man back when i was in a band in the late 80's early 90's the venerable JBL 2 way was a standard PA system, because it rocked. We used Martins, Adamsons, Woods, Turbosound (junk), but for a smallish to medium joints that JBL 2 way was hard to beat.
Very interesting!!!
Right??? What history
This was great video 🔥
We should of known you would weave and interesting dialog for what could of been a dull topic. Made more interesting by the fact that for seven years of my youth I worked for a man that pioneered home radio in San Francisco and the sales of crystal sets back in the day. Another great topic about, "Screwing around."
Cool!! Fun story. Weird story. I love old radios and recorders and stuff.
Farnsworth never got full credit - apart from Baird - for his great improvement to TV fly-back and line interlacing , he came to London and for a while worked with Baird until a fire destroyed a lot of their TV equipment though Farnsworth and Baird never agreed on full electronic v. semi-electronic TV cameras and technology.
Bard's system was interesting, and worked well. I like the mechanical aspects. Real shame the US screwed up the system with NTSC standards. Still a problem today. No matter. The think I like most interesting is Farnsworth being only 14 when he came up with the idea. He looks older, but even in the thumbnail, with a pencil drawing for an image, he's only like 16. Some peoples children....
Philo: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philo_Farnsworth