In a message dated 3/9/2008 7:45:42 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, jimcip at earthlink.net writes: Dear John, The box the attachment came in is marked "Edison Needle-Cut Attachment" & the soundbox (reproducer) has what appears to be an aluminum diaphragm. Its case is nickel plated & on the back it says in letters "EDISON" in smaller letters it says"Orange, N.J.," & "Made in U.S.A." There is also a facsimile of Edison's famous signature. On the front there is a large script "E" on the diaphragm cover over the stylus bar & a cut out ligthtening bolt cut on either side. On a twelve inch 78, when I lower the horn to engage the feed gear in the far right position by the time the record has played the horn has swung to the left & the tracking is absolutely terrible. Does anyone have instructions put out by the Edison company for using this attachment when was obviously manufactured by them & probably included with the Edison models? Hi Jim, The reproducer you describe was made for the early "uncatalogued" needle-cut portables and is a beautifully made reproducer. The machines themselves were made by the "Prime" manufacturing Co. and I think the reproducer was certainly Edison-made. But I was not aware that the Edison Co. actually made the adapter to enable needle-cut records to be played on a diamond disc machine. There was an adapter made by Edison in 1914 as noted in Frow's book but it apparently was removed after 1 year. And the reproducer that you describe wasn't made until 1928 or 1929. A picture of your adapter and box would be great. It would be very interesting to see whether Edison created another adapter in 1928 or later. ---Art Heller **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001)