Hank Aberle

Upper West Side, New York, NY

Hank Aberle

self

All recorded media such as wax cylinders, pink lambert cylinders, blue amberol cylinders, Pathe salon cylinders, Edison, Pathe and Columbia cylinder players with inside and outside horns, books on early phonographs and Edison collectables, 78rpm records, Picture 78s, wire, 10" and 12" 33 1/3 rpms, 45s, reel to reel tapes (2 and 4 track), Quadraphonic 8 tracks, cassette tapes, prerecorded commercial DATs, CDs, SACDs and Blu-Ray audio.

All forms of music are in the collection spanning over a century from the1890s to the present. Every period is represented in folk, international, jazz, rock, country, soundtracks, classical, vocal and spoken word.

Roughly 24,000

In my apartment. 15" ceilings in 10' shelves with rolling ladders. The machines are spread throughout the apartment. Some are in closets in boxes.

Most people just say wow!! when they see it. They always wonder whether i have time to listen to all of it.