[Phono-L] Edison stop survey,

pjfraser at alamedanet.net pjfraser at alamedanet.net
Fri Jun 22 11:16:20 PDT 2007


cool - i'll put them up later tonight, after the birthday party we're
having at our house for a 95 year old (it won't be TOO late, as you might
guess!).

too bad he wasn't an Edison employee, like a best boy or something - he's
old enough to have been there for when your machine was built!

Andrew Baron wrote:
> Many thanks, Peter, for this offer to post the photos.
> Will follow through and email photos directly to you shortly.
>
> Best regards,
> Andy Baron
>
>
> On Jun 22, 2007, at 8:28 AM, Peter Fraser wrote:
>
>> 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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