Edison Standard Model C Restoration Completed!

[flashpanblue]

Hello,
At the start of the summer I bought an Edison Standard Model C at a garage sale. It is an I.C.S. model and came with some original language cylinders and a battered original 14" horn. It had a frozen mandrel bearing and the reproducer was missing the stylus bar. The worst part was the finish on the case. It had almost completely flaked off. You couldn't even tell that there had been an Edison decal on the front. I bought a new bearing, stylus bar with stylus, reproducer gaskets and diaphragm from Ron Sitko. Got a new Edison decal from Gregg Cline. After removing what was left of the old finish I applied a coat of dark oak stain to even the color out. I then applied two coats of amber shellac and 15 coats of clear shellac(using a brush). I sanded the finish back about every three or four coats to smooth it out and fill the grain. After putting the new decal on I over coated it with two coats of amber shellac and rubbed it over with oooo steel wool. This gives the decal the correct color. I was very pleased with the results. see the before and after pictures below. I should add that the original horn has been sent out to Forum member John Duffy for repair.
Pete

[fran604g]

Very nice, Pete, the finish looks beautiful.

Best,
fran

[Jerry B.]

It looks terrific and you get high marks for a clean and organized workbench. Jerry

[FloridaClay]

Looking good!

Clay

[Phonolair]

Beautiful job Pete.
It sure makes a big difference in the final product when someone takes the extra time and steps on a restoration job like you did. Its work you should be very proud of, and a model C also, they don't show up often.
Best Regards, Larry

[phonogfp]

A proper finish certainly makes a difference!

Very nice work - -

George P.

[Phonofreak]

Nice machine. You sure did a great job on it.
Harvey Kravitz

[downsouth]

Awesome!

Wes

[martinola]

Really nice job, Pete! The horn turned out nice, too. I'm curious; does the horn have "Pat Appl For", "Patd Aug 22, 1905" (I think that was the date.) or is it not marked?

Martin

[flashpanblue]

Thank you all for your nice comments!
Martin, The 14" horn in the picture is an original from one of my other machines but is unmarked. The horn that came with the Standard is now in the hands of John Duffy to be rolled and straightened.
Pete