Antique Television Convention

[John Pinckney]

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE EARLY TELEVISION FOUNDATION

WHAT: THIRD ANNUAL EARLY TV CONVENTION

WHEN: APRIL 29-MAY 1, 2005

WHERE: EARLY TELEVISION MUSEUM, 5396 Franklin Street, Hilliard, OH 43026

CONTACT: Steve McVoy of the Early Television Foundation via
etf@columbus.rr.com, 614--771-1510, 5396 Franklin Street, Hilliard, OH
43026 USA
John Pinckney via strehlgasse13@lycos.com

Presentations on the history of Television:

A 441 line mechanical scanner "for people, film and slides" and magnetic tape sound recording used in German television from 1938 to 1945. - Gerhard Bauer
Vintage TV collecting in France, a sampler from collectors viewpoint. - Jerome Halphen
History of television development in Italy, 1926-1939 - Robert Lozier
Adding Sight to Sound in Stalin's Russia: RCA and the Transfer of Television Technology to the Soviet Union - Alex Magoun



Other presentations scheduled so far are:
Dot Sequential Color - David Carlstrom
100 years of Test Patterns & China Dolls - Pete Fasciano
To Build an Iconoscope - Rob Flory
A State of the Art TV Standards Converter - Darryl Hock
TV Camera tubes and their development - Dave Johnson




Special Guest Speaker: John Trenouth, Head of Television, National Museum of
Photography, Film & Television, U.K.

Here is a tentative schedule of the Convention's events:
Friday, April 29
6:00–9:00 pm Meet other collectors at the museum. Cash bar with beer, wine, soft drinks.
Saturday, April 30
8:00 – 9:00 Flea market setup
9:00 – 11:30 Registration and Flea Market
11:30 – 12:30 Buffet Lunch
12:30 – 2:45 Presentations
2:45 – 3:15 Auction
3:15 – 5:30 Presentations
5:15 – 7:00 Browse the museum’s collection, talk to fellow collectors
7:30 – 9:30 Dinner at Yard Club
Sunday, May 1
9:00 am – 5:00 pm Browse the museum’s collection, talk to fellow collectors,
Demonstration of sets in the Museum’s collection
This year we have the following new sets working:
1928 Daven TV receiver and Western Visionette
Western Empire State lens disk set
HMV 905
Murphy A58V
Cossor 1210
DuMont Clifton
Capehart CXC-12 color set
...and probably a few more

[old_tv_nut]

Is Friday a typo, or is Saturday TBD?

[Steve McVoy]

Since many collectors arrived in town on Friday night, we decided to have a social event at the museum for those who can attend. All the presentations, the swap meet, and the auction are on Saturday. Sunday is for browsing the museum and chatting with fellow collectors.