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Magnificent! Bruce you have taken a spectacular collection and moved it to a higher level with your display. Bruce

I am not a jealous person.... until now. Fantastic collection and fantastic presentation. BTW, I like the Washington blue, "blind back", Model A Sedan! (High praise from a Model T guy!)

Wow, Bruce. What a terrific setup. It all looks great. Hope yo see it one of these days.

What a beautiful presentation. It's not just a jumble of random machines, it's thoughtfully laid out. And there are some wonderful treasures there as well! I love the Model A pictures as well. I've been into them since I was a teenager, and owned two over the years. Alas I had to let my last one go a few years back. Great cars.

Some spectacular stuff, Bruce! Congratulations on the new "venue!" George P.

Very impressive! Congratulations

A pair not often seen side by side, the Edison A-300 and Circassian Walnut Amberola 1B.

The first visitors were members of my father’s Ford Model A club😃

It took some time, but after four months of renovation and the move from its former cramped basement location, my collection has finally found a new home. Visitors are now welcome to come see and hear it—something that simply wasn’t easily possible before.

I do so want to apologize if I came off in the wrong way. I very appreciate your input on the Continental mystery and efforts to find info. I suppose after spending hours digging through PDFs of magazines and coming up with seemingly contradictory or incomplete information against what Mike Feldt, Alan Douglas and the Siragusa Foundation have written, I'm wishing to find something more. I don't want to cause any hard feelings here . Thanks -Steve

Watch your 6, buddy!

Ah, lovely Rochester in mid- winter. How delightful! I recognized it at once. This brings back such fond memories—-not! Thanks for posting.

Hey, I can't take all of the credit, Mr. Enabler!😁

Thanks for the warning.

After a sabbatical of two years, I'll be there! Thanks for the article - - George P.

Great article and promotion for the show. Thank you for posting and being such amazing promoters of the show and organization.

As I previously posted on another thread here, Levis was the "go-to" place for generations of music students at the Eastman School, including yours truly. It's baffling to me how they could go out of business with ESM right across Main Street from their store, but then that's why I'm not a businessman! (Wish I had one of those fans! BTW, what's on the other side? They used to have fans like these in every southern church and funeral home; they were commonplace in my youth.)

Correction: cost is $25 for members and $35 for non members

It had to happen someday... Glad you were successful! George P.

Great stuff, Fran! I don't remember the Levis fans. You must have one of the largest collections of Levis and Mackie artifacts! George P.

Dan, Thanks for putting this fine, quality video together --- another well deserved feather in your cap! Thanks also for the links provided in the text accompanying your YouTube video! As you know, I somehow never new about this recording on Columbia until you brought it to my attention a month ago. How did I, an avid 78 collector and very distant relative of Carlton Coon, not know about this record until recently??? Looking forward to your next video, Bob Coon

I can offer up a couple of examples: An Edison Standard Model A sold by the Mackie Music Co. of Rochester, NY but I only have the empty boxes that once held records; and an Edisonic "Schubert" sold by the Levis Music Co., also of Rochester, NY, in which I have several records and a couple of (probably later) shopping bags. I own many, many other artifacts of both companies.

“Some Little Bird” by Coon-Sanders Novelty Orchestra 1921 - Columbia A3403 In 1921 Columbia sent equipment to record the Coon-Sanders Novelty Orchestra to Kansas City. They recorded 4 sides, but only this one was released. It would be a few years later before they recorded again and then for Victor.

Thank you gentlemen. you both were correct! Wayne