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Canadian Antique Phonograph Society
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The Canadian Antique Phonograph Society meets on a regular basis, currently eight times a year
between September and June. CAPS meetings attract more than 50 members and guests. Arrive early to peruse the auction tables.
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Centennial College, Progress Court Campus
Markham Road exit off Highway 401
Toronto, Ontario
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From the Kennedy subway station, take the Scarborough RT.
Ride 4 stops to Scarborough Centre station.
Descend 2 levels to the bus platform level.
Up at far end, take the Progress 134 bus.
Get off at the first stop beyond Markham Road
(announced as 921 Progress Ave).
The entrance walkway to Centennial College is straight ahead.
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B1-16
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Sunday
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1:00-5:00 pm
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Each meeting begins with a presentation of about one hour in duration by one of our members or a specially-invited speaker on one aspect or another of
recorded-sound history. This is followed by a 20-minute social period where members exchange information about records, machines and parts,
survey the auction tables or view one of the displays that members often set up. Following this is an auction of a wide variety of sound machines, recordings and
music-related ephemera. The cost of the meeting rooms and refreshments is paid for by a levy of $5.00 on all members and guests present. Guests are welcomed
at our meetings. To participate in the auction, however, you must be a member.
Members are always encouraged to display their collectables at CAPS meetings, the rare and the beautiful in their
collections, their prized possessions or their latest finds, especially if it relates in some way to the speaker's
presentation. Long time member and repair expert Darren Wallace brought two very rare machines to a recent meeting.
Members were able to hear an early Concert cylinder played on a Columbia Graphophone AB and a Pink Lambert cylinder
played on a Columbia AO Graphophone. Limited facilities are also available for screening short videos during the meeting.
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Vitaphone and Early Sound Films
with Arthur Zimmerman
Arthur Zimmerman is stepping in to continue where Mike Dicecco left off on the
presentation of early sound films, including some elusive Vitaphones. Arthur
will also be showing one of the 1913 Edison Kinetophone films directed by
William Everett Ramsey (the subject of a recent CAPS article), in which the
sound-track was cut onto a large Blue Amberol cylinder simultaneously with
the filming.
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Dave's Dirty Discs:
Under the Counter Hits
with David Lennick
The field of "Party Records" is a fascinating one, in an era when the average hip-hop hit contains much more explicit
language than could even be hinted at a couple of generations ago. Join CAPS member David Lennick as he takes us through
yesteryear's Parental Advisory records from Uncle Josh to Ruth Wallis, not forgetting to eavesdrop on the famous Canadian-made
"Crepitation Contest".
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8 and 16 rpm Records, and Seeburg Background Music Systems
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CAPS executives Mark Quail and Mike DiCecco team up to present on a number of short subjects, including 16 rpm records,
8 rpm records and Seeburg background music systems. These topics occupy only a small piece of the real estate in music
and sound recording history but they are interesting areas and will help to broaden our understanding of mid-20th century record players.
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Phonograph Advertising
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CAPS Members
The New Year launches with a survey of phonograph ephemera from various CAPS members. If you have magazine advertisements,
posters, rare record sleeves, or any other collectible items related to the world of antique phonographs and would be
interested in showing them during this presentation, please contact Programme Convenor Mark Quail.
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The Death of Floyd Collins
with Dave Dazer
Many record collectors will be familiar with the Vernon Dalhart hit "The Death of Floyd Collins." February’s presentation will
tell the true story of the February 1925 events that inspired the song. The entrapment of the Kentucky cave explorer has been
called the first major media circus ever. We will view a DVD shot on location in the Kentucky cave country where the events took
place and Dave Dazer will show some photos he took of some of the remaining sites connected with tragic story and share a few
pieces of Floyd Collins memorabilia.
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