----- Original Message ----- From: <ClockworkHome at aol.com> To: <phono-l at oldcrank.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 5:35 AM Subject: [Phono-L] Re: Edison triumph with totally different upper bedplate > This builder was very smart. Since he could not cast a topworks, he built > one from many pieces screwed together. One thing I really like is his > method of > lifting the reproducer with a lift bar activated by the little knobbed > swing > arm under the front straightedge. Neat but a lot of bench work was done > to > make it all by hand. I've known a few mechanics of this sort- the project takes over, the process is more important than the results. Eric Stott