Inventory of Beethoven and Schubert Edisonic phonographs

[chewy]

Model: Schubert Edisonic (inside cabinet says: The New Edison)
Serial number: 1009
Reproducer serial number: F 5159 9N S (dance repro w/ Edsonic hardware)
When purchased: Cinco de Mayo '21
From whom purchased: Private Sale/Seattle, WA (via San Mateo, CA)
Cabinet condition when purchased: Missing left cabinet knob, otherwise great

Welcome to our forum, chewy! It's good to have you. Spend some time looking around there's a wealth of information here.

Cheers,
Fran

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!

[chewy]

you can see in this pic (along with my homemade hinge jam thingy, fixing the tension spring is beyond me...)-- you can see mine says THE NEW EDISON, not The Edisonic

[chewy]

What do the various Cabinet Factory numbers represent?

[fran604g]

What do the various Cabinet Factory numbers represent?

The manufacturing facility that would have produced that specific cabinet. The Edison Company used several facilities, but there's no surviving information which facility may have correlated to each model or models.

I have a separate survey for this topic (viewtopic.php?f=2&t=22393), in the hope one day the data can be used for determining which model's cabinet was produced in which facility - should all those facilities ever be revealed.

Cheers,
Fran

[chewy]

What do the various Cabinet Factory numbers represent?

The manufacturing facility that would have produced that specific cabinet. The Edison Company used several facilities, but there's no surviving information which facility may have correlated to each model or models.

I have a separate survey for this topic, in the hope one day the data can be used for determining which model's cabinet was produced in which facility - should all those facilities ever be revealed.

Cheers,
Fran

Thanks Fran-- so "new edison " was what they were going to call it before Edisonic? I think i saw one other mention in the thread about someone having seen one like that, it but thats it.

[fran604g]

What do the various Cabinet Factory numbers represent?

The manufacturing facility that would have produced that specific cabinet. The Edison Company used several facilities, but there's no surviving information which facility may have correlated to each model or models.

I have a separate survey for this topic, in the hope one day the data can be used for determining which model's cabinet was produced in which facility - should all those facilities ever be revealed.

Cheers,
Fran

Thanks Fran-- so "new edison " was what they were going to call it before Edisonic? I think i saw one other mention in the thread about someone having seen one like that, it but thats it.

No, it was a marketing slogan.

Best,
Fran

[chewy]

Please help me track down a reproducer if it’s stolen or lost it’ll be where it needs to be 730am tmw but im so nervous - without it my life has zero value- I will be up all night

[chewy]

Worst case senario I can buy a non Edisonic greatly overpriced player locally to get the repro off off right?

[coyote]

Chewy: You don't have to buy the whole machine for the reproducer. A number are available on eBay (Edisonic and non-). Buy a rebuilt one from a reputable seller and make sure the needle is in good condition.

As for the lid lift spring, there are photos from a 1-C here in this thread. I have also sent the photos via PM. Hope this helps in fixing the lid lift spring assembly.

All the evidence does seem to point to the Schubert being the intended LP Consolette. Stretcher and leg design, lid banding, CLT name, and now one with "The New Edison" decal. I think a double spring with bracket can be easily swapped in or out, so I would not necessarily cite this as evidence against.

[fran604g]

Coyote, this is the second one I've observed (#1020). I should probably closely examine the photos of all the registered Schuberts in this thread to see if I missed others. I hadn't been looking for this feature when I began my research.

I hope over time others may surface.

Best,
Fran