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...of
radios and phonographs that once played the music of Tommy Dorsey and
Glenn Miller, the words of Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt. .
.returning a piece of audio history to us. Although Don is a busy man,
mostly helping other Wimberley neighbors and friends, he still finds
time to give long-overdue attention to forgotten radios.
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Don
Connally has always loved
to solve problems. A few years ago in Silverton, Colorado, he saw an old
radio for $15 that he just couldn't pass up. He brought it home, worked
his magic, made it play, and now, just look at a few of the miracles he
has wrought.
Maybe
his interest was first sparked by this 1926 Atwater-Kent
speaker that brought the happy sounds of the Grand Ole Opry
into the home of his grandparents.
Don remembers
listening to the show with delight, and now, so many years
later, he has reunited the speaker with a compatible 1928
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uses his experience and skill to restore any likely
suspects he may find. His salvage operations usually begin at
flea markets, auctions and, not infrequently, at our own Wimberley
Market Day,
where you may find him casting his expert eye over the oddments most would consider virtually worthless, and choosing radios…some for parts, some for
the full treatment.
When he's found
something he particularly likes, like this beautiful little 1949
Zenith, it comes in for careful dissection, trouble-shooting,
part replacement and reassembly. Then he cranks 'er up and there
it is: the old castoff someone didn't want has become a thing of
beauty, complete with sound.
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Just
one of the walls of sound in Don's collection - some are
restored, some are waiting in line, others destined to become
parts. |
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originally published in 2000, © 2000 VisitWimberley.com
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