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Meetings
Canadian Antique Phonograph Society
Sep 19 Oct 24 Nov 28 Jan 9 Feb 6 Mar 13 May 1 Jun 5
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.

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 and any set price sale items, or view one of the displays that members often set up. Facilities are also available for screening short videos during the meeting.

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.

Location: Centennial College, Progress Court Campus
Markham Road exit off Highway 401
Toronto, Ontario
By transit: 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.
Room: B1-16
Day & Time: Sunday 1:00-5:00 pm

Presentations


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Restoration and Repair
with Bob Nix, The Gramophone Doctor

Join us as the Gramophone Doctor, Bob Nix, prescribes what's best for renewing and preserving your phonograph's cabinetry. Bob will take us through the steps of stripping, repairing, staining and finishing. We'll even learn about which products to use on those ailing cabinets to make them look like new. Bob will also provide a hands-on demonstration. This presentation is just what the doctor ordered when it comes to restoration and preservation.


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Life and Times of Jimmy Durante
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Jimmy Durante (1893 -1980) was an American singer, pianist, comedian and actor. His distinctive clipped gravelly speech, comic language butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and large nose helped make him one of America's most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s. His jokes about his nose included referring to it as a "Schnozzola", and the word became his nickname.

Jack Litchfield will give a record presentation on Durante, beginning with some of the jazz records he made from 1918 to 1922, and including some of the famous records that we all remember, like Inka Dinka Do and I'm The Guy Who Found The Lost Chord. Don't miss it! Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are!


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