" SINCE I HAVE STARTED TO COLLECT SIAMESE PATHE ENGRAVING LABELS AND SIAMESE PATHE ADS (1908), INCLUDING A PATHE MODEL A, A PATHE ENAMEL SIGN AND MANY MORE PATHE ITEMS.... I HAD NEVER SEEN PICTURES OF BOTH PATHE PLANTS, CHATOU (FRANCE) AND FOREST (BELGIUM)... UNTIL I ASKED MY VERY GOOD FRIEND AND ALSO A GREAT CYLINDER PHONOGRAPH COLLECTOR : JEAN-PAUL AGNARD FROM QUEBEC, CANADA..... HE ASKED THEN HIS FRIEND...JULIEN ANTON FROM PARIS, FRANCE, ALSO A VERY NICE CYLINDER PHONOGRAPH COLLECTOR. JULIEN ANTON PROMISED TO SEND ME THE WHOLE PICTURES OF BOTH PATHE PLANTS, CHATOU AND FOREST TO THAILAND. NOW, I HAVE SCANNED ALL THE PICTURES AND I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW THEM TO ALL PHONOGRAPH COLLECTORS.... ONE THING THAT I WANT TO SAY : " I AM ONLY THE ONE WHO JUST DID SCAN ALL THE PICTURES AND PRESENTS THEM TO YOU...BUT I COULD DO NOTHING WITHOUT THE HELP FROM MR. JEAN-PAUL AGNARD AND MR. JULIEN ANTON. SO, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY MANY THANKS FROM MY DEEP HEART TO THEIR KINDNESS FOR HELPING ME TO MAKE ...." THE GREATEST ALBUM OF CHATOU AND FOREST" A SUCCESS."

This is the device (a kind of pantograph) used by the Pathe company to transfer the recordings always made on (larger than Celeste) wax cylinders to vertical cut Pathe disc records. The drawing showing how it worked.

The above photograph is courtesy of Julien Anton collection

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