งานแสดงเครื่องเสียงโบราณ UNION SHOW 2003
THE PHONOGRAPH SHOW AT UNION ILLINOIS




Donley's Wild West Town
is located 45 min NW of O'Hare Airport at:
Route 20 & South Union Road, Union, Illinois 60180, Tel: 815-923-9000

From Chicago take the Illinois Northwest Tollway (Interstate 90)
and exit at U.S. 20 Hampshire / Marengo (3rd exit after paying toll at Elgin).
Turn left (west) at the end of the exit ramp, go 4 1/2 miles to South Union Road, turn right,

and you're here!




1.Many many horns for sale.


2. A lot of machines are waiting for you.


3.My friend..."Guido" from Netherland.
Visit "Guido" web site, please click on: www.phonograph.com


4."Charley Hummel" one of my very goods friend from NJ.


5.OK...Which horn do you like?


6.Nipper:..."Please hold me, I don't want to fall down".


7.Let's see my friends' shirts!...very nice.


8.Oh!...Why do you put a cheese on his head?
If you would like to know...why?,
Visit "Robin & Joan Rolfs" web site, please click on: www.audioantique.com


9.Very special for this year...
We bring a "Siamese Pathe center start disc" to Mike Donley for display at the show.
Visit "Mike Donley" web site, please click on: www.wildwesttown.com


10.You see!...Recorded in Siam in 1906.
Then, master sent to France.
And disc made in Belgium.
Then, ship back to (Siam) Thailand.
This year, fly to show in America.


11. "Mike Donley" and me are talking about the history of Siamese Pathe center start disc.


12.Many collectors interested by the Siamese Pathe record.


13. "Tim Fabrizio" from Terra Firma Antiques also came to see the record.
Visit "Tim Fabrizio" web site, please click on: www.phonophan.com


14.Many nice machines at the show.


15.Many many....Which one do you like for your collection?.


16.Very nice horns...many styles.


17. Look at Nipper. I bought it...Now, he lives with me.


18. A lot of machines and many models at the show.


19. Do you want a wooden horn for your collection?


20. Horns and horns and horns.


21.This is my booth...No! it is Tim & Agnard's booth.


22. On the right, a very rare gramophone from "Guido"...Using hot pressure power instead of hand crank.


23. "Jerry Madsen"...he came to visit me at Bangkok last year.


24. Do you want to buy any gramophone spare parts?.


25. "Tim Fabrizio" and "George F. Paul" they signed on their books for me. Thanks Tim & Paul.
Visit "Tim Fabrizio" and "George F. Paul" web site, please click on: www.phonophan.com


26. OK...I buy 2...(In fact, I wanted to buy all..but I could not carry all back to Thailand).


27. Only two copies in the world...because these were signed for me!.


28. Very easy to find many gramophone spare parts...here (the right picture is turned by 90 degres).


29. A record cylinder rank and many repro flower horns.


30. Many machines and models at the show.


31. "Tim Fabrizio" and "Jean-Paul Agnard" and my searchlight horn.


32. Wow!..."Charley Hummel" know...I am a serious Pathe collector.
He gave a small Pathe disc to me. Thanks indeed Charley.


33. I got a Columbia wax from my very nice friend.


34. Do you know who is he?
His name is "Patrick Feaster".
He is the web master of "the Phonograph ring" of which you are a member.
Visit "Patrick Feaster" web site, please click on: www.phonozoic.com


35. Very nice shirt!...Aha!...Where is Nipper on his shirt?.


36. I like the logo on her shirt.


37. My friend and me...and my book!.


38. Bob Johnson (Mr. Victor) from Southern Oregon.
Visit "Mr. Victor" web site, please click on: www.mrvictor.com


40. Look at his shirt. Even you could not buy a wooden horn, you may have the chance to buy a shirt instead!.


41. French collectors...(Lift) Richard Valette and (Right) Jean-Paul Agnard.


42. My friends and a small gift from Thailand.


43. The rarest one that you could see at the show: the "Amet Echophone", 1895.


44. I love this picture so much
You know!...in Thailand, Before you buy a watermelon, you have to check by turning it around and weight it with your hand
"Jean-Paul Agnard" did it, but not with a watermelon. But with a Concert cylinder...HA HA HA!!!.
Visit "Jean-Paul Agnard" web site, please click on: www.agnard.com


45. "Nuch" and a giant gramophone that was shown at the entry door.


46. Let's see...who signed on my phonograph book.
One of them is "Paul Morris"
"Paul Morris" offers brand new wax phonograph cylinders on standard and concert format.
If you would like to order the wax, here is his address:
27 Blackall Road, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom, EX4 4HE
Email: paulmorrismusic@hotmail.com


47. Some nice cards that I got from the show.


48. Finally,...For this trip, I am so happy...
I got the greatest gift since I started to be a collector.
"Jean-Paul Agnard" did for me
a Pathe framed label from one found on a cabinet crate.
I could not say a word...I feeled so happy indeed.

FROM MY HEART
HI!...FRIENDS...HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.