[Phono-L] Oxidized bronze or copper flashing D.D. crank?

Andrew Baron andy at popyrus.com
Thu Jun 21 16:20:37 PDT 2007


About three years ago, I acquired an Edison A-200 Disc Phonograph,  
and although the metal finish on the machine as a whole was the  
conventional gold-plated surface, the crank (which obviously must  
have come from another machine) has the oxidized bronze finish, and a  
richly colored original walnut finish on the wood handle portion.  It  
seems to fit the machine quite well in terms of approximately proper  
distance from the cabinet to the elbow, and is clearly an Edison  
crank.  Could this have originally been on an Amberola A-1 or similar  
machine with the special finish?  Were any Diamond Disc machines  
offered with this finish on the metal parts?

Andy Baron


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