[Phono-L] Edison rococo grill orientation

[Don Mayer]

> My 1As and 1B has the urn in the lower half as is seen on the Edison
> catalogues of the era.  The catalogues I have for each year do not  
> show the urn on top
> upside down in any depiction. - Al

> I have observed a few Edison cabinets with the urn "upside-down,"  
> particularly on the Herzog-style cabinets.? (As you know, some of  
> these were re-worked by Pooley and the rococo grilles substituted  
> for the lyre grilles.)? There is definitely some inconsistency, but  
> if I were choosing an orientation as you are, I'd stick with the  
> conventional configuration. - George

Thank you Al and George (and anyone else who has replied - my digest  
version may be a little behind). I had another collector write to say  
that he has a 1A grill which is down while another 1A and an A250 are  
both up. I believe I will likely go with George's advice on grill  
orientation, but the presence of both orientations in such numbers  
implies to me that both variations existed originally. This seems a  
little counterintuitive and I would like to hear if any period photos  
show this grill in "urn at top opening down" orientation.

Again, thanks for your comments,

Don