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This is a rare item to find in the UK :
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Edison-Diamon ... SwFqJWm8eI
Edison H-19 with LP attachment on UK eBay
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Re: Edison H-19 with LP attachment on UK eBay
Now, that's the spirit!
Someone wanted to be able to "do it all" with their humble Hepplewhite.
I hope someone picks it up and gives it some love!
The gold hardware on it is interesting.
Fran
Someone wanted to be able to "do it all" with their humble Hepplewhite.
I hope someone picks it up and gives it some love!
The gold hardware on it is interesting.
Fran
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Re: Edison H-19 with LP attachment on UK eBay
This machine has a seemingly unusual NICKEL plated reproducer (#LG 12037), and a screw-on-to-the-motor-plate single reproducer holder present;(thinking of you, George 
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These two items seem to be fairly scarce, and would not have been originally installed on the H 19. I believe they were obtained through a factory "upgrade" kit sold by the Edison Company; the kit was publicized on the last page of their "What the Critics Say" brochure (form No. 4865--50M--4-27; dated April, 1927). The promotion expounds this "marvelous [LP] achievement", and urges present owners to, "...ask to see the attachment that converts present Edison instruments into the Long Playing variety at a surprisingly low cost."
I would love to know what that "surprising low cost" may have been.
When the kit was installed on this H 19 is an interesting thought; it certainly looks as if it's been there a long time (and in the UK, no less, HOW VERY INTERESTING!).
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Pictures for posterity, before this H19 disappears forever:
). These two items seem to be fairly scarce, and would not have been originally installed on the H 19. I believe they were obtained through a factory "upgrade" kit sold by the Edison Company; the kit was publicized on the last page of their "What the Critics Say" brochure (form No. 4865--50M--4-27; dated April, 1927). The promotion expounds this "marvelous [LP] achievement", and urges present owners to, "...ask to see the attachment that converts present Edison instruments into the Long Playing variety at a surprisingly low cost."
I would love to know what that "surprising low cost" may have been.
When the kit was installed on this H 19 is an interesting thought; it certainly looks as if it's been there a long time (and in the UK, no less, HOW VERY INTERESTING!).
-Fran
Pictures for posterity, before this H19 disappears forever:
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Re: Edison H-19 with LP attachment on UK eBay
Yes - I'd like to have that clamp-on holder for the LP Reproducer!
The LP kit included a second mainspring for those machines that weren't originally equipped with two. I wonder if this Hepplewhite has that second mainspring installed...
George P.
The LP kit included a second mainspring for those machines that weren't originally equipped with two. I wonder if this Hepplewhite has that second mainspring installed...
George P.
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Re: Edison H-19 with LP attachment on UK eBay
I wish I had asked for a photo, but it didn't cross my mind at the time.phonogfp wrote:Yes - I'd like to have that clamp-on holder for the LP Reproducer!
The LP kit included a second mainspring for those machines that weren't originally equipped with two. I wonder if this Hepplewhite has that second mainspring installed...
George P.
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Re: Edison H-19 with LP attachment on UK eBay
phonogfp wrote:Yes - I'd like to have that clamp-on holder for the LP Reproducer!
The LP kit included a second mainspring for those machines that weren't originally equipped with two. I wonder if this Hepplewhite has that second mainspring installed...
George P.
Yes it did have the second mainspring installed George. I asked the seller. whoever purchased this originally, or upgraded wanted the full boat! Helluva lot of motor for a Hepplewhite!