[Phono-L] Edison stop survey, and reply to Oxidized bronze or copper flashing D.D. crank?

Peter Fraser pjfraser at alamedanet.net
Fri Jun 22 07:28:59 PDT 2007


can you please post some pictures, or send some to me so that i can  
post them for folks to review?

-- Peter
pjfraser at alamedanet.net

On Jun 21, 2007, at 10:28 PM, 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
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