Mike Shamos...

[Pol Pot]

Could anyone help me get in touch with Mike Shamos from Pittsburgh?

I'm working on recreating a billiards table as described in "The Compleat Gamester" and it's been suggested that I tap Mike's expertise on the subject.

For that matter, the opportunity to speak to anyone with knowledge of early pocket billiard tables (17th & 18th centuries) would be highly useful. Does anyone know of examples preserved in museums stateside?

 

[Bob Jewett]

Could anyone help me get in touch with Mike Shamos from Pittsburgh?...

Go to google maps and type in Mike Shamos, Pittsburgh, and it will give you directions to his house.

 

[Mike Shamos]

Antique tables

Tables from the pre-Brunswick period (before 1850) are exceedingly rare in the U.S. There is an early billiard table (1738) in Williamsburg, VA viewable by the public but I have not seen it.

The table in the Compleat Gamester was quite flimsy by comparison, with a thin wooden bed.

 

[3kushn]

Thanks for signing up Mike. Great to have you here.

Hows your 3 Cushion game these days?

 

[jay helfert]

Tables from the pre-Brunswick period (before 1850) are exceedingly rare in the U.S. There is an early billiard table (1738) in Williamsburg, VA viewable by the public but I have not seen it.

The table in the Compleat Gamester was quite flimsy by comparison, with a thin wooden bed.

Shamos speaks and AZ listens!

 

[JMuck]

I'm looking foward to any posts by Mr. Shamos.

 

[Bob Jewett]

... For that matter, the opportunity to speak to anyone with knowledge of early pocket billiard tables (17th & 18th centuries) would be highly useful. Does anyone know of examples preserved in museums stateside?

Bob Callahan pointed out http://www.normanclare.co.uk/lecture.htm in another thread. While not Stateside, they are probably English speakers.