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- Serial number: 1677
- Wood: Mahogany
- Owner: Me, (no previous owners known)
- Notes: Marked "Opera"
#2
- Serial number: 2667
- Wood: Oak
- Owner: Me, (no previous owners known)
- Notes: Marked "Opera"
Edison Opera database
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- Victor VI
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Re: Edison Opera database
1)
Serial number: 3179
Wood: Mahogany
Owner: Me, (no previous owners known)
Notes: Marked "Opera".
2)
Serial number: 2101
Wood: Mahogany
Owner: Me, (no previous owners known)
Notes: Marked "Opera"
Serial number: 3179
Wood: Mahogany
Owner: Me, (no previous owners known)
Notes: Marked "Opera".
2)
Serial number: 2101
Wood: Mahogany
Owner: Me, (no previous owners known)
Notes: Marked "Opera"
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Re: Edison Opera database
Sn 2636
wood oak
paid $1000 for it in 1998
wood oak
paid $1000 for it in 1998
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- Victor II
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Re: Edison Opera database
Serial No. 635
Mahogany.
Owner. Personal
Originally from Kingston area, Ont.
Serial No. 2438
Chassis only, no case
Owner: Personal
Originally from Kingston area, Ont.
Serial No. 3300
Oak
Owner: I sold locally to a friend
Originally from Ottawa, Ont
Serial No. 4252 (Concert)
Mahogany
Owner: Personal
Originally from Ottawa, Ont
Mahogany.
Owner. Personal
Originally from Kingston area, Ont.
Serial No. 2438
Chassis only, no case
Owner: Personal
Originally from Kingston area, Ont.
Serial No. 3300
Oak
Owner: I sold locally to a friend
Originally from Ottawa, Ont
Serial No. 4252 (Concert)
Mahogany
Owner: Personal
Originally from Ottawa, Ont
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Re: Edison Opera database
Serial number: 4364
Wood: Mahogany
Owner: Me, (purchased from Kurt Nauck)
Notes: Marked "Concert"
Wood: Mahogany
Owner: Me, (purchased from Kurt Nauck)
Notes: Marked "Concert"
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Re: Edison Opera database
Machines currently in my care:
Oak Opera #1046
Metal School Model with #11 bell #3353
Mahogany Concert (Opera) #4172
Jerry B.
Oak Opera #1046
Metal School Model with #11 bell #3353
Mahogany Concert (Opera) #4172
Jerry B.
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Re: Edison Opera database
Serial number: 2009
- Wood: Oak
- Owner: Me
- Notes: None
- Wood: Oak
- Owner: Me
- Notes: None
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Re: Edison Opera database
Thanks to everyone who has contributed data so far. We're making progress. I already had a database of 37 known School Phonographs, I have since added 66 Opera / Concert entries.
Many have come in response to this thread. I found quite a few others by searching the forum for posts and for sale entries. A Google search yielded a surprising number of machines from auction, dealer, and collector sites. All help.
We still need a lot more to have enough to draw useful conclusions, but it's a great start. Right now I'm particularly interested in narrowing down exactly where the change from Opera to Concert occurred. At the moment, the highest Opera number I have is 3980, while the earliest Concert reported is 4172. So the change evidently happened somewhere in between. That's a pretty small gap, but I'd love to narrow it further.
One fun discovery I made in my Google search was serial number 1302, auctioned in Pittsfield, MA in May 2019. That happens to be the very same Opera I bought in 1966, and subsequently sold in 1970 -- in Springfield, MA, not far from where it recently sold. I still have the classified ad where I found it. I negotiated the price down from $100 to $85 (with 120 cylinders) but that was a lot of money at the time -- over three times more than I had paid for any phonograph up to that date. The 2019 price was $4,750, presumably not including buyer's fee. I'm glad to know that machine is still around and well cared-for.
Please keep those numbers coming!
Many have come in response to this thread. I found quite a few others by searching the forum for posts and for sale entries. A Google search yielded a surprising number of machines from auction, dealer, and collector sites. All help.
We still need a lot more to have enough to draw useful conclusions, but it's a great start. Right now I'm particularly interested in narrowing down exactly where the change from Opera to Concert occurred. At the moment, the highest Opera number I have is 3980, while the earliest Concert reported is 4172. So the change evidently happened somewhere in between. That's a pretty small gap, but I'd love to narrow it further.
One fun discovery I made in my Google search was serial number 1302, auctioned in Pittsfield, MA in May 2019. That happens to be the very same Opera I bought in 1966, and subsequently sold in 1970 -- in Springfield, MA, not far from where it recently sold. I still have the classified ad where I found it. I negotiated the price down from $100 to $85 (with 120 cylinders) but that was a lot of money at the time -- over three times more than I had paid for any phonograph up to that date. The 2019 price was $4,750, presumably not including buyer's fee. I'm glad to know that machine is still around and well cared-for.
Please keep those numbers coming!
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- Victor II
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Re: Edison Opera database
My Opera:
Serial number: 585
Wood: Mahogany
Notes: Marked "Opera"
My favorite machine! But still has a little wobble despite tons of tinkering!
Serial number: 585
Wood: Mahogany
Notes: Marked "Opera"
My favorite machine! But still has a little wobble despite tons of tinkering!
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- Victor I
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Re: Edison Opera database
Ser.#: 4040
Wood: Oak
Owner: Me. Came from the original family in Maine with original record cabinet full of cylinders.
Notes: "Concert"
Iowa Dale
Wood: Oak
Owner: Me. Came from the original family in Maine with original record cabinet full of cylinders.
Notes: "Concert"
Iowa Dale