Gregory
Soundco Kid
Tom W1PF, I purchased my gear from Soundco at around the same time as your friend, later I did purchase some form Del Padre as Soundco closed it's doors. I followed Bob Cizek, "HI FI BOB". when he later went to work for Del Padre. I lived in Granby, Ma at the time.
Let's see if we can find the DATE that Soundco closed. According to a four page Lifschultz Transportation and Shipping newsletter from pop's file, Soundco was founded by John Lyman, President of Soundco. Robert Lyman, John's brother was VP and sales manager. I have a photo of Bob Lyman, a sale reps from Lifschultz Fast Freight, a Lifschultz Springfield terminal manager, and my dad standing together at Soundco on Dwight St. Lifschultz was based at 28 N. Franklin St. in Chicago with terminals from Boston to San Francisco and Los Angeles. There are no terminals listed in the south. They also had a business office at 650 W. 29th St, NY NY.
Bob Cizek was know internally in the company, and by regular customers as HI FI CI. Bob went to work for Del Padre soon after Soundco closed. I bought the C26 from Bob at Del Padre. He was so kool and treated me very well. Him and pop went back many years, probably to the late 50s or early 60s. Let's add this all up. The newsletter above was printed in Nov 1958, which was 7 months after I was born, and that was almost 60 years ago. Pop passed away in 1994 at the age of 73.
-Greg
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