Edison B-150 and the last? grained horn

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Edison B-150 and the last? grained horn

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OK, so I recently acquired another DD machine. They just keep following me home :? But this is not about my addiction, it's about the grained horn. :D From what I can ascertain from Frow, they were using up the old parts by this time, so I am assuming the earlier model B-150's probably have grained horns, while the later one's would be the black horn. This model came with the standardized motor, record boxes(6, yes I have all 6) and grained horn.The only part that doesn't look original is the nickel reproducer on my machine, it should be gold. The horn is of the correct dimensions, so my question is to other B-150 owners. Do you have a grained horn or the "all black version". I believe there were around 3158 B-150's made.(Frow pg 105) I am trying to find a ballpark figure of those with grained horns. Since mine is sm1014, my guess is around half. Thanks Gary




ps Frow also mentions on pg 103 that "In early models the legs were robustly square, and these were replaced by lighter turned legs in some versions. This may have depended on the source of cabinets, as the B-150 at the Edison site has squared legs" I thought I would mention this one has the squared legs also.
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Re: Edison B-150 and the last? painted horn

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Very nice!

Just one suggestion: You may want to use the terms "grained horn" and "black horn" to avoid confusion, since both types are painted.

A Standardized Motor with a grained horn - - the best of both worlds. Congratulations on the B-150. :)

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Re: Edison B-150 and the last? painted horn

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phonogfp wrote:Very nice!

Just one suggestion: You may want to use the terms "grained horn" and "black horn" to avoid confusion, since both types are painted.

A Standardized Motor with a grained horn - - the best of both worlds. Congratulations on the B-150. :)

George P.

Point taken and rectified. Thanks
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Re: Edison B-150 and the last? grained horn

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So that's where this ended up. I had arranged Friday afternoon to get this the next morning until the Craigslist seller abruptly told me someone was coming instead Friday night for it. Anyway, nice machine.

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brianu wrote:So that's where this ended up. I had arranged Friday afternoon to get this the next morning until the Craigslist seller abruptly told me someone was coming instead Friday night for it. Anyway, nice machine.
Thanks and sorry Brian. Sounds like he had a back up plan in case I didn't show. He did mentioned getting other phone calls when I got there.He said the guys name was Craig. I think he confused it with craigslist. I half expected him to try to renegotiate the price when he broached the subject.(he didn't thankfully) The machine is a lot more robust than I was expecting.That was a nice surprise considering how flimsy the A-100's are.
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Re: Edison B-150 and the last? grained horn

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Well I got the motor cleared of all dog, cat and whatever else, some oil and she's running pretty well. No need to go the extra mile yet. So far I've found

sn1014 grained
2590 black

anyone else like to add to this?
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