Happy New Year.
I posted a nice Edison Standard Speaker on eBay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/EDISON-STANDAR ... :rk:1:pf:0
Thanks.
Edison Standard Speaker on eBay
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Re: Edison Standard Speaker on eBay
A response questioning the use of the term "speaker" has been deleted while I was typing. Here's my reply for whatever it's worth...
Yes, "Speaker." The Standard Speaker carried both recording and reproducing styli, so it couldn't really be called a "Reproducer." The Edison catalogs always referred to this as the "Standard Speaker."
In the early days, even the Automatic was sometimes called a "Speaker." Here are two images from The Phonoscope which illustrate this:
George P.
Yes, "Speaker." The Standard Speaker carried both recording and reproducing styli, so it couldn't really be called a "Reproducer." The Edison catalogs always referred to this as the "Standard Speaker."
In the early days, even the Automatic was sometimes called a "Speaker." Here are two images from The Phonoscope which illustrate this:
George P.