Pathe websites / message boards?

Okay, as I think I've said before there appears to be scant info' on all types of Pathe machines on the web. All lines of enquiry seemingly end up at the same brick wall.

I've noted that there ARE specialist Edison & Victor websites and dedicated message boards and these are frequented regularly by knowledgable enthusiasts but I'm wondering if anyone has any knowledge of a similar site dedicated to just Pathe?

If so, I'd better brush up on my schoolboy French!

Steve

Hi Steve:

No doubt, you have already seen the Wikipedia articles profiling the Pathe company & Pathe Records --

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path%C3%A9

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path%C3%A9_Records

As you note, there is very little on the web regarding Pathe' phonographs or records at this time, other than a few machines--cylinder players-- that are profiled from various collections. For instance, there is Jean-Paul Agnard's phonograph collection: http://www3.sympatico.ca/jean-paul.agna ... ection.htm (You might want to get in touch with him via his email jump to see if he has any "paper based information" he'd be willing to copy and send you.)

While most of the photos on Jean-Paul's site no longer appear--at least at this time--there is a redundant version hosted on talkingmachine.org. The individual pages CANNOT be accessed from the jump on the main page--it simply refers you to the "sympatico" site. Nonetheless, I was able to cull through the URLs--one for each page--and have listed them here:

http://www.talkingmachine.org/agnard/pathe1.htm

http://www.talkingmachine.org/agnard/pathe2.htm

http://www.talkingmachine.org/agnard/francais.htm

http://www.talkingmachine.org/agnard/necessaire1.htm

http://www.talkingmachine.org/agnard/gaulois.htm

http://www.talkingmachine.org/agnard/celeste.htm

http://www.talkingmachine.org/agnard/necessaire2.htm

http://www.talkingmachine.org/agnard/pathe003.htm

http://www.talkingmachine.org/agnard/patheroyal.htm

http://www.talkingmachine.org/agnard/patherever.htm

http://www.talkingmachine.org/agnard/pathe002.htm

Hi Joe_DS

Thanks for the links - I've looked at each in turn - there are some nice machines on there of the cylinder type. A great collection. I have seen the Wikipedia articles before and curiously I've also got to the Jean-Paul Agnard Collection through a different search I did some time ago.

I am looking specifically for info' on Pathe disc machines so I think you'll agree that there is a lack of it out there currently?

Thanks again for your continued efforts.

Regards

Steve

Hello Steve
The Pathe Catalogues on this link might be of interest.
http://www.phono.org/
All the best
Ian