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There was one in a UK Auction today 11 May 2021

Serial number: 1711
Wood: Mahogany
Owner: Not Known
Notes: Opera

Dealers plate attached from: Jake Graham, Liverpool, England.

Hope this helps

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Thanks for the information!

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Wagnerian wrote: Tue May 11, 2021 11:10 am There was one in a UK Auction today 11 May 2021

Serial number: 1711
Wood: Mahogany
Owner: Not Known
Notes: Opera

Dealers plate attached from: Jake Graham, Liverpool, England.

Hope this helps
It made £3200 plus Buyer's premium, only just exceeding the lower estimate of £3000/£5000.
I would have bid, but I considered the "Terms and Conditions" to be almost wilfully onerous.

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Serial Number: 1168
Wood: Oak
Owner: Mike Sorter
Notes: Marked Opera and came with Diamond Reproducer and Model L inside the holder in case.

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Great, thanks for the input.

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I have owned this machine for 16 years: Serial# 4064
Mahogany
Owner: Bob Murray
Notes: Marked Concert, original unrestored condition with Diamond A reproducer.

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Opera
Mahogany
Serial: 3906

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4645 (Concert) Mahogany. viewtopic.php?f=14&t=49961&start=10

This being a very late example I quote a strange statement from the Frow "Edison Cylinder Phonograph Companion" :

"From a report by a British Concert owner who has a very late machine of 1914 (No.4604) it seems the last models had a lid sufficiently deep to cover the horn support without a hole being needed in it....."

On my even later machine the horn support protrudes through the hole in the lid in the normal manner.
Without a hole in the lid, where would the owner put the horn when the lid was on?

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Here we go:

These belong to me, Burdette E. Walters (Mister Opera)

No. 1 Mahogany Opera #114. This does not have the box inside, and has a nickel plated original crank with a mahogany handle.
No. 2 Mahogany Opera, # 1322
No. 3 Mahogany Opera #1351
No. 4 Mahogany Opera #1372
No. 5 Metal school house Opera with stand, boxes, recorder and recorder attachment #3510
No. 6 Mahogany Concert (Opera style) # 4067
No. 7 Oak Concert (Opera style) #4273
No. 8. Oak Concert (Opera style) #4575
One of these belonged to the grandson of a local Edison dealer. No. 1372

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Many thanks for these latest submissions. Every bit helps!

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