I have an A-250 and would be interested in seeing what you are talking about. Rich On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:33:44 -0600, Andrew Baron wrote: >Hi George and thanks for taking the time to reply. I realize that >there isn't much information documented, and this is what I'm running >up against as much as anything else. >Neither of my two machines have paper notices on the cabinet bottoms, >but the later one has a data plate with the newest patent date of >Mar-11-13, wihle the earlier machine has the newest patent date of >8-26-11. The 6 in 26 is hard to make out, and might be a 3, 8 or 9. >Do you have a sense of how soon the patent dates on these model / >serial number plates were updated, once a new patent was issued? >Peter Fraser has graciously offered to post photos of the early >levers, so I've prepared some composited images of the differing >details of both of my A-250's. My hope is that some of the Edison >enthusiasts out there are familiar with this start / stop lever >arrangement. If someone else has a machine with these odd levers, >I'd love to know the serial number, so I can get a sense of how late >into the production it was used. >What piqued my curiosity to begin with was that I had never seen >these levers before. I don't know if that's because I haven't gotten >around to the shows and big collections, or because they are >relatively little known, even by other collectors. I bought my first >D.D. machine in 1976, and have had many over the years, but this is >the first I've seen with this odd detail. >Best, >Andy >On Jun 22, 2007, at 7:55 AM, gpaul2000 at aol.com wrote: >> >> Andy, >> Unfortunately, without some factory documentation of each model's >> serial numbers within a given month, exact dating for A-series >> Edison Disc Phonographs is quite difficult.? I've seen two types of >> paper license notices glued to the bottoms of these cabinets.? The >> earlier has no date at the bottom, and the later one has an April >> 1914 date.? Keep in mind that very few Edison Disc Phonographs were >> available to the public until Aug/Sept 1913, and the fire of Dec. >> 1914 put an end to most A-series production.? That gives roughly a >> 15-month window for most of our A-series machines.? Given the two >> different license notices, I break down the A-series dating to >> "late 1913/early 1914" and "mid/late 1914."? That's about as >> precise as I can get, given the limited information available. >> >> I'd be interested in seeing a photo of your start/stop mechanism.? >> It sounds like one I had many years ago, and I'm pretty sure that >> it's the earliest version.? On page 39 of Frow's "Edison Disc >> Phonographs...", an "A-150" is shown with what appears to be the >> conventional start/stop device, and this photo is dated March 2, >> 1914.? Presuming that all models adopted this newer design at the >> same time, and your "A-250" carries a pre-April 1914 license >> notice, I'd date it as "late 1913/early 1914."? Hope this helps, >> >> George Paul >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> __ >> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's >> free from AOL at AOL.com. >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >_______________________________________________ >Phono-L mailing list >http://phono-l.oldcrank.org