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Thalia & Melpomene

The confusing Crosley Fivers.

Russ
Thanks for sharing those with us.

That is one heck of a 25hz transformer on the 555-5 chassis!
How about that. Until now I did not know the muses had names. When I saw "Thalia" I first thought of Thalia Menninger, a character in the first two seasons of Dobie Gillis played by Tuesday Weld.

Speaking of Dobie Gillis -
https://ronsradios.com/2020/11/18/rememb...is-packer/
there is Kalliopa, Klio, Melpomena, Terpsihora.....fogot others. The lates one is responsible for dancing.
Not sure I spelled them correct - I transliterated from Russian versions.

With Melpomena it was easy as the phrase "a server of Melpomene" was used for theater actors as a metonymy. Somehow it was used for all actors, not just tragic ones. And Talia was not.