Have you checked the information in "The Edison Disc Phonographs and Diamond Discs" by George Frow? On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:28:18 -0600, Andrew Baron wrote: >Thanks, George for this insight. Given that, and the reasonably good >fit to the relatively small A-200 cabinet, this does seem a likely >origin of this particular crank. >Do you think you could shed a light on the question I've posted a >couple of times over the past few days, regarding whether the user- >adjustable (semi-automatic) stop on my ser. no. 1429 A-250 was the >first type of stop scheme that Edison employed on the new Disc >Phonograph? In this arrangement, there's a small round knob on the >start lever, which can also serve as a manual stop lever. >Any idea of when that type of stop was discontinued in favor of the >more familiar type with the rigid stop trip lever on the lift post? >I'd like to informally survey any owners of these early Edison Disc >Phonographs that have this unusual early style stop, to find out the >model and serial numbers of the machines that have it. To show >graphically what I'm referring to, I can email a photo of this odd >lever arrangement to anyone who might like to help. >I'm hoping to use this detail and possibly others to learn >approximately when my early A-250 was built. >Best regards, >Andy >On Jun 21, 2007, at 7:10 PM, gpaul2000 at aol.com wrote: >> >> Andy, >> >> The "A-150" Disc Phonograph was regularly supplied with an oxidized >> bronze finish on its metal parts. >> >> George Paul >_______________________________________________ >Phono-L mailing list >http://phono-l.oldcrank.org