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First commercially available brushes?
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15 years agoFirst commercially available brushes?
Interesting, it's almost identical to his article that I linked to earlier (clearly one was a rewrite of the other): Link The 1922 date ties in with...
15 years agoFirst commercially available brushes?
510, every time I look at that Rosendahl flyswatter I get a severe GAS attack! I might have to take on another paper-round in order to save up for...
15 years agoFirst commercially available brushes?
Dead link The same claims were being made 100 years ago...pretty snazzy though. Website here: http://www.rosendahl.com/Default.aspx?ID=506&ProductI...
15 years agoFirst commercially available brushes?
From 510...
15 years agoFirst commercially available brushes?
From 510...
15 years agoFirst commercially available brushes?
From 510...
15 years agoFirst commercially available brushes?
Actually, that Yerkes 'Practical demonstration' photo reminds me of something I read recently in Eddie Condon's We Called it Music. In the 20s, his b...
15 years agoFirst commercially available brushes?
Excellent find, 510! I've been looking into this myself. In the links to vintage catalogues that David provided are pictures showing such effects:...
15 years agoFirst commercially available brushes?
PS Re the 'smoking gun', the answer isn't the wire brush. Whisk brooms were used in the days of ragtime to beat out rhythm: there are first-hand acc...
15 years agoFirst commercially available brushes?
From 510...
15 years agoFirst commercially available brushes?
Cool photo, 510! Looks like a primitive drum booth, in which case his efforts are probably on record. When I've got a moment (might be a while) I'll...
15 years agoFirst commercially available brushes?
LINK Page 281, third paragraph down. Hopefully you can see the preview (it's too much to type out). Re the photo, I've managed to have a look on a...
15 years agoFirst commercially available brushes?
510, unfortunately our laptop is a bid dodgy at the moment so I'm using a little netbook to surf. If I blow up photos the resolution is really bad, s...
15 years agoFirst commercially available brushes?
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15 years ago