Which Edison A250 should I keep?

[fran604g]

On the below link you can find the installations instructions for the A250 "Muting Device"

http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... ume#p48231

Yes, that's for the ball version.

If I remember correctly, Edison made conversion kits available to those with machines made before the "mute balls" were installed as a standard factory item. Valecnik's instruction booklet post is consistent with that. Frow indicates that shift occurred in November 1914. He indicates that both the mute ball and a damper at the reproducer end was originally considered, but implies that the former won out. He does say that sometime during WWI the mute ball was discontinued in favor of a damper at the reproducer end, but that the mute ball was reinstituted in July 1919. The WWI device he mentions looks a lot like the device that Dustie has from the picture. See Section 15, Sound Modifiers, on page 206 of The Edison Disc Phonographs and the Diamond Discs.

Clay

P.S. Frow indicates that the shift in the control arrangement for the mute ball from the vertical lift lever to the horizontal slide lever took place in February 1915.

I had to dig pretty deep for this old thread! :

http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... row#p14026

George P.

Very interesting thread, George. So, after reading those old posts, does this Gold Reproducer with the felt muting apparatus seem to be something that is quite scarce to you?

Best,
Fran

[phonogfp]

Very interesting thread, George. So, after reading those old posts, does this Gold Reproducer with the felt muting apparatus seem to be something that is quite scarce to you?

Best,
Fran

Yes - I consider any Edison Disc reproducer with the built-in mute a scarce artifact. This is the first one I've seen in gold plate.

George P.

[fran604g]

Very interesting thread, George. So, after reading those old posts, does this Gold Reproducer with the felt muting apparatus seem to be something that is quite scarce to you?

Best,
Fran

Yes - I consider any Edison Disc reproducer with the built-in mute a scarce artifact. This is the first one I've seen in gold plate.

George P.

Thank you, George, that's good to know!

Fran

[Dustie89]

So the reproducer with the damper in gold is a scarce one? Also I read the older threads. Idk if it makes a difference, but WWI began in Europe in 1914. The us entered in 1917. Idk if Frowe could be referencing the 1914 to 1917 time period.

[fran604g]

So the reproducer with the damper in gold is a scarce one? Also I read the older threads. Idk if it makes a difference, but WWI began in Europe in 1914. The us entered in 1917. Idk if Frowe could be referencing the 1914 to 1917 time period.

Frow was British, so he would be referencing the beginning of WWI from his perspective, I would think. Therefore 1914 would be an appropriate date for him to use, as opposed to 1917 when the US became involved.

Best,
Fran

[FloridaClay]

Fran, you beat me to the trigger by about 5 seconds. I had just drafted a similar message.

Clay

[fran604g]

Fran, you beat me to the trigger by about 5 seconds. I had just drafted a similar message.

Clay

Sorry, Clay, great minds think alike!

[FloridaClay]

Fran, you beat me to the trigger by about 5 seconds. I had just drafted a similar message.

Clay

Sorry, Clay, great minds think alike!