New Machined Arrived Today

[rgordon939]

Well the FedEx truck came this morning and delivery the Edison 2-clip Standard I bought from Grant Kornberg. I quickly unpacked it and played a cylinder. It is an absolutely beautiful all original machine if I say so myself. Thank you Grant for the great packing job.

Rich Gordon

[Raphael]

Rich,

That was indeed a nice machine. Grant is a super-conscientious seller with great stuff.

But even more important is your spreading the word. All too often people only voice complaints, but from past experience I know you are just the opposite.

Stay well,

Raphael

[fmblizz]

Beautiful machine Rich,,, can you tell me if all the 2 clip machines had a gear cover??

Blizz

[rgordon939]

Beautiful machine Rich,,, can you tell me if all the 2 clip machines had a gear cover??

Blizz

No they didn’t. The earliest machines did not have a gear covers. As machines were build there was a mix of machines with and without gear covers. As far as I know the highest serial number Model A without a gear cover is 4918.

Rich Gordon

[Fonotone]

Thanks for your kind words, Rich. And thank you too, Raphael. Sentiments from both of you are very much appreciated.

--Grant

[52089]

That is a stunningly clean and nice 2-clip Standard. Thanks for showing it!

[VanEpsFan1914]

That is either an expert refinish or the cleanest original I've seen in a long, long time. How did it survive all those years looking so good?

Hope it sounds as nice as it looks.

[Zwebie]

That is either an expert refinish or the cleanest original I've seen in a long, long time. How did it survive all those years looking so good?

Looks like the photo's from the auction do a better job of showing the actual color of the finish.
My assessment is that it is 100% original.

Bob S.

[rgordon939]

Here’s a video of the machine playing a 2-min. brown wax cylinder.

Rich Gordon

https://youtu.be/kByegzzXMNQ

[martinola]

Very nice example, Rich! In the video it looks like you may have a type 2 patent plate (last patent May 31, 1898) - is that what it is? If you don't mind sharing the serial number, I'd love to add it to the the Standard Data project. Have fun with it!

Martin