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Topic: Motiograph
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John Eickhof
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 588
From: Wendell, ID USA
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 02-10-2001 10:15 PM
The first Motiograph was actually called the 'Optigraph' The #1 model was introduced in 1896 by it's make Alvah C. Roebuck (Of Sears & Roebuck) He founded Enterprise Optical Comapny in 1895. There were three upgrades to the Optigraph with the final one in 1906. The first 'Motiograph' was the #1 model in 1911
with several upgrades into the teens. Then Motio intruduced the model F in 1921 this was a squre looking unit with lots of glass in the covers, it had a front shutter, it was followed by the H & HU in the late 20's then the familiar K in the 30's then the model AA and AAA in the late 40's. The early machines were of the open gear design and were quite small. The K was the first fully enclosed machine and the first with a standard serial numbering system, Look at the serial number, the first two digits are the year, the second two the month, and the third set is the machine number. thus a AAA model that has
'5410566' as a serial was made in Oct. 1954 and was number 566. Send me a picture of the machine in question! I'll be glad to ID it for you!------------------
John Eickhof President, Chief Slave
Northwest Theatre Equipment Co., Inc.
P.O.Box 258
Wendell, ID. 83355-0258
208-536-5489
email: jeickhof@nteequip.com
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John Eickhof
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 588
From: Wendell, ID USA
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 02-11-2001 11:13 PM
Actually I have a Brenkert number list somewhere in my archives, but the Brenkerts were like Century, in other words, they had no actual order to their numbers as they numbered machine castings as they came off the line, so a BX40 with serial#2566 would be the next one behind a BX-100 serial #2565! Go ahead and email the numbers, as I can probably give you an idea within a year of when they were made. For you old Simplex nuts, I do have a year by year starting serial number list from 1911 - 1954 that includes the standard, super, E-7, SP, XL, SH-1000, SH-1007 & SH-1020.------------------
John Eickhof President, Chief Slave
Northwest Theatre Equipment Co., Inc.
P.O.Box 258
Wendell, ID. 83355-0258
208-536-5489
email: jeickhof@nteequip.com
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John Pytlak
Film God
Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 02-12-2001 01:21 PM
John said: "Jeff, your SH-1000 was made during year 1941."That's 60 years old! Film equipment is like the Energizer Bunny --- it just keeps on running, and running, and running.  You can play a 35mm print of "Casablanca" made in 1942, or "Hannibal", released last week. ------------------
John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Eastman Kodak Company
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7419
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243
E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com
Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion
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