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Brenkert's rule 22 Jun 2012 17:02 #38673

Mike
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just received this note.....

I was vastly gratified to read the article about the care you took with the Brenkert Projectors which you recently removed from your theaters. My grandfather was Karl Brenkert Sr, the founder of Brenkert Light and Projector Co and my father, Karl Brenkert Jr invented the Geneva mechanism used in them. Thank you for showing such respect. My dad died just last year and I know he would have appreciated this, too.

Thanks.
Pamela Brenkert Reband

Michael Hurley
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Re: Brenkert's rule 22 Jun 2012 22:21 #38683

wimovieman OFFLINE Gold Boarder Posts: 279 Karma: 0	I LOVE my Brenkerts! Will be sad the day they are not usable anymore!
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Re: Brenkert's rule 23 Jun 2012 01:08 #38689

revrobor OFFLINE Platinum Boarder Posts: 988 Thank you received: 19 Karma: 0	The Brenkerts and its RCA counterpart and the Motiographs were my favorite projectors when I was running change-over booths.
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Re: Brenkert's rule 25 Jun 2012 00:49 #38707

Ken Layton OFFLINE Platinum Boarder Posts: 851 Thank you received: 1 Karma: 0	Brenkerts are what we had at the now demolished Sunset Drive-in Theater in Tumwater Washington. We had a pair of BX-80's and they ran perfectly. Best 35mm projectors ever made!
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Re: Brenkert's rule 25 Jun 2012 11:42 #38708

Mike OFFLINE Administrator Posts: 4826 Thank you received: 32 Karma: 13	The Brenkert family contacted me and wants to buy some old projectors. Know of any out there?
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Re: Brenkert's rule 25 Jun 2012 14:13 #38712

rufusjack OFFLINE Platinum Boarder Posts: 1353 Thank you received: 26 Karma: -6	Mike, Did not you say the picture you have now with digital is much better than you had with these machines?
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Re: Brenkert's rule 25 Jun 2012 21:43 #38725

Ken Layton OFFLINE Platinum Boarder Posts: 851 Thank you received: 1 Karma: 0	Mike wrote: The Brenkert family contacted me and wants to buy some old projectors. Know of any out there? I have a completely restored to new condition BX-60 projector head.
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Re: Brenkert's rule 26 Jun 2012 10:52 #38729

Narrow Gauge OFFLINE Gold Boarder Posts: 195 Thank you received: 1 Karma: 0	I have very fond memories of the Bx-60's having run them from 1987 to probably 2000. However, for digital sound and a steady pcture it is hard to beat the Kinoton pk 60. Regardless both are bound for lobby displays, museums or the junkyard. The pictures online of rows and rows of pulled projectors is a sad testament to the inevitability of progress.
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Re: Brenkert's rule 26 Jun 2012 18:09 #38731

Mike OFFLINE Administrator Posts: 4826 Thank you received: 32 Karma: 13	rufusjack wrote: Mike, Did not you say the picture you have now with digital is much better than you had with these machines? Absolutely/ unquestionably/ love it/ switched out our 35 mm print of Marigold Hotel for DIG... would not go back even ti my Brenkerts!
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Re: Brenkert's rule 28 Jun 2012 12:12 #38767

Barry Floyd
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I have 4 Brenkert BX-60's. One is in service at my theatre, and the other 3 are used as parts donors. Actually I've never needed to scavenge parts off the others yet, so I guess they are all still intact. My current BX-60 I'm using at the theatre will be in service until the first week in December of this year, then everything comes out and will be replaced with a Barco DP-2K23B. It's currently riding atop an RCA 9030 soundhead, backed with Xenex 1 4kw lamphouse. Other than it occasionally drifting out of focus, it's never given me a problem.

Long ago... I bought a Brenkert baseball cap from this site. Still have it and love it.

Barry Floyd
Floyd Entertainment Group
Lebanon, Tennessee

Stardust Drive-In Theatre
Watertown, Tennessee