I'm talking completely out of my, um... the, uh, side of my neck here, but it looks like maybe once the Edison feedscrew drove the carriage to the end of the cylinder, the force would maybe trip that (possibly spring-loaded, 2-position) fork, which would snap down and catch the repeater feedscrew, lifting the stylus away from the cylinder while reaching the other side would hit a similar trigger positioned to make the repeater fork snap back to the disengaged position? Based on looking at this repeater, I think I could come up with a similar design that would work pretty reliably; seems like setting the reproducer down hard on the cylinder couldn't be good for it, though. How many times could a machine like this play through a cylinder (2 minute I assume) on one winding, anyway? Was there even a point to a repeater on a windup phonograph? Cool item, thanks John! Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Pisano" <jpisano at cox.net> To: <phono-l at oldcrank.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 6:48 PM Subject: [Phono-L] Interesting EBay Item >I just posted this on EBay last night - So this is somewhat of a shameless > promotion, but you might find it interesting. It's an Edison Standard > with > and oddball repeater attachment and auto stop. Anyone have any idea how > it > was supposed to work? EBay # 220092116635. > > > > John > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >