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