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 > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org