Let's see your Nipper!
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Rapidan
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This one used to be up the street about a block from where I work:
It originally came from the RCA building in Baltimore. It is now at the Maryland Historical Society museum
Ah, I remember it well. It was originally part of the "Merrie Melodies Museum" on the small farm where it resided. That fellow had one of the world's largest collections of of calliopes, carousel organs, early "jukeboxes" which played real instruments, etc. For 4 bits you could see and hear it all. The auction they had after he passed away was unreal.
The farm has been replaced by a townhouse development, the road into it is "Nipper Drive".
spartanmanor
Lunatic Member
Yep that's the place! I wish I could have gone to the auction. I was out of town that week. It really has changed around here.
Rapidan
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<sigh> Yes it has. I grew up about a mile from there. Left for a long time, now I'm back. It's weird!
They also don't make music......... Oh never mind.
spartanmanor
Lunatic Member
My folks lived a 5 minute walk from there on Maple Lane off of Lee Highway.
elgato8905
Nobody special.
I have a real dog to sit in front of my speakers.
Here is the little guy intrigued by my speakers at the AKfest.
That little guy is what inspired me to get one for here!
My cat walked up and sniffed him, hissed, and walked away. Sheesh ...
Coastsider
Curmudgeon
Resurrected Nipper
I thought I'd resurrect this thread to show everyone my resurrected "Nipper" recently brought out of hiding and back on display. I purchased him at an appliance store that sold RCA TV's, record players, and consoles sometime back in the sixties. He was a mass produced display item that I guess RCA either gave or sold to stores and I managed to convince the manager of such a store that I needed this particular "Nipper" much more than he did and so purchased him for some very nominal sum of money. During a move from Southern California to Northern California in 1988 he got a chunk broken out of his left side which got repaired but in such a haphazard manner that he was no longer, in my opinion, presentable and so he got put away. A couple of days ago, spurred on by an AK thread I saw about a "Nipper" doorstop that someone had found I retrieved him from his place of shame and in a few hours with some sandpaper and acrylic paint I had him almost as good as new.
Some might not know that "Nipper" and the "His Master Voice" logo were originally the property of the Berliner Gramophone company in Canada which later changed it's name to the Victor Talking Machine Company of Canada which, in 1929 was purchased by RCA, and hence "His Masters Voice" became the logo of RCA Victor.
I am including a shot of Nipper from the 60's sitting in front of one of my Altec Lansing 846A Valencia's which I sadly no longer have, and a couple of his current location in my music room in front of one of a pair of Infinity Monitor Jr's, and another showing the other Infinity's in the room and part of the the shelf unit containing most of my Sony ES collection, so he's in good company. There is also a nice front personality shot of himself.
The last two shots are of record labels with the "His Masters Voice" logo - one from Berliner and one from RCA Victor.
I thought I'd resurrect this thread to show everyone my resurrected "Nipper" recently brought out of hiding and back on display. I purchased him at an appliance store that sold RCA TV's, record players, and consoles sometime back in the sixties. He was a mass produced display item that I guess RCA either gave or sold to stores and I managed to convince the manager of such a store that I needed this particular "Nipper" much more than he did and so purchased him for some very nominal sum of money. During a move from Southern California to Northern California in 1988 he got a chunk broken out of his left side which got repaired but in such a haphazard manner that he was no longer, in my opinion, presentable and so he got put away. A couple of days ago, spurred on by an AK thread I saw about a "Nipper" doorstop that someone had found I retrieved him from his place of shame and in a few hours with some sandpaper and acrylic paint I had him almost as good as new.
Some might not know that "Nipper" and the "His Master Voice" logo were originally the property of the Berliner Gramophone company in Canada which later changed it's name to the Victor Talking Machine Company of Canada which, in 1929 was purchased by RCA, and hence "His Masters Voice" became the logo of RCA Victor.
I am including a shot of Nipper from the 60's sitting in front of one of my Altec Lansing 846A Valencia's which I sadly no longer have, and a couple of his current location in my music room in front of one of a pair of Infinity Monitor Jr's, and another showing the other Infinity's in the room and part of the the shelf unit containing most of my Sony ES collection, so he's in good company. There is also a nice front personality shot of himself.
The last two shots are of record labels with the "His Masters Voice" logo - one from Berliner and one from RCA Victor.
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Great looking dog. Is that picture titled "His Master's Toe"?
Nipper framed
Nipper is a classic work of art, which is why he is framed above the living room stereo. Now, not everybody likes Nipper. My mother-in-law curiously removed this framed work of art from our living room when she came over for Christmas and stuck it in the back of a closet. But she is 86 years old and must be obeyed. Until she is shuffled back from whence she came.
Nipper is a classic work of art, which is why he is framed above the living room stereo. Now, not everybody likes Nipper. My mother-in-law curiously removed this framed work of art from our living room when she came over for Christmas and stuck it in the back of a closet. But she is 86 years old and must be obeyed. Until she is shuffled back from whence she came.
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Not much of a Nipper, but it's the one I have.
Mike
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