davethos

A quickie; tried signing in using my long-established user name (davethos) but was being asked for email and password instead, when just a few days earlier I'm sure I was asked for user name & password. Are there alternative ways in that ask differently? Ungh? Cheers, Dave Thomas (davethos and/or daveconc)

Hi, this is not a question on the merits or otherwise of aluminium reed frames, as much discussed already, but of history... Anybody know when Wheatstone (or any other reputable maker) first tried aluminium/dural for reed frames/beds on a production machine? [i have a delightful Aeola with aluminium frames; sound is strong and sweet, and it's light as a feather - well perhaps not a feather...]. Cheers, Dave Thomas, Near Findhorn, near Inverness, Scotland

Hi gavdav. I wouldn't necessarily assume aluminium reed carriers means new/replacement reeds. I believe early use of alloy/aluminium reed carriers goes right back to the early 1900s. See separate thread I've just started on this... Cheers, Dave Thomas, near Findhorn, near Inverness, Scotland

Hi - I'm a long term (35 years) English player, and have a superb Aeola made circa 1905 (serial no. 23592). I used to have a note (photocopy of a ledger) of the first sale of my box, but have lost it, and can't for the life of me remember how I got it originally. Any ideas? It falls in the gap of years in the Horniman collection between the "Neil Wayne" records and the "Steve Dickinson" records. Cheers, Dave Thomas, near Inverness