More Wayne Show Fun

[barnettrp21122]

I can picture it in a period dining room with a set of matching furniture.

Furniture would only take up valuable phonograph space! Nice find!
Bob

[James]

It's been hectic since my return from the show with three machines and a giant pile of records, but I also picked up this W-250 I thought I'd share photos of before I did anything with it. It's another example of a machine that just sat for decades untouched. I've almost completed cleaning and waxing the cabinet and I'll post some after shots in a few days, all this really needed was a very thorough cleaning and waxing though. I never realized just how BIG these were until I actually saw it. Just for fun, I put it in front of my C-19 just so you can see how big this monster, albeit a very striking one, is! It has the Duncan Stop mechanism there, but all of the wiring is gone. Perhaps this winter I'll see if I can re-run the wiring and get a battery, it would be neat to have one working although it works fine with it's regular auto-stop. Also interesting to me was the orginal dolphin key, which has the same sort of oxidized finish like the rest of the machine, I've only ever seen the others in gold.

PS, the XVIII is still awaiting the "royal treatment" so I've got nothing new to share on that one for probably a couple of more weeks.
Sean

I just restored a machine like yours. The cabinet style is "William & Mary". It is one of the Laboratory Models, which, the C250 Cheppendale is more popular for tone test. Both of them have the largest horn no. 250. The "William & Mary" is equipped with the short lived Long Playing Mechanism, but did not work well. A holder of the extra reproducer for LP is behind the turntable. It only have half of the record storage compared to the Chippendale, because of the high or long legs. I restored my Chippendale more than 20 years ago. They are both nice machines. I'll post a picture of both, when my digital camera is back from holiday.

Jim

[VintageTechnologies]

One of those William & Mary uprights turned up at a huge outdoor flea market in Texas while I and a phonograph buddy were stomping around. It was in terrific shape and cost $600. It did not take much urging from me that my friend should enlarge his collection! [I have a W&M console and I don't have the room for everything!] The original dry cell battery for the electric cutoff switch was still held by a bracket inside. We installed a new battery and with little effort we got it to work, but the switch is temperamental [at only 1.5 volts all contacts and connections have to be spotlessly clean] and was no improvement over the mechanical cutoff; it was just a gimmick so far as I'm concerned, and no wonder it was discontinued.

[OrthoSean]

The original dry cell battery for the electric cutoff switch was still held by a bracket inside. We installed a new battery and with little effort we got it to work, but the switch is temperamental [at only 1.5 volts all contacts and connections have to be spotlessly clean] and was no improvement over the mechanical cutoff; it was just a gimmick so far as I'm concerned, and no wonder it was discontinued.

Totally a gimmick I agree, but I still would like to give it a shot just for fun. The regular auto shutoff works just fine, but it would be cool just to try it out. I've got loads of the correct wire and connecters for them, so it should be pretty easy to do once I figure it out and take the time to do it, which could be months from now.

Sean

[Valecnik]

Here's mine in action, since passed on to another TMF member. At the time I made this the original standard reproducer needed a stylus so I put on an Edisonic. http://youtu.be/BmoGRWK9i9Q

[VintageTechnologies]

Here's mine in action, since passed on to another TMF member. At the time I made this the original standard reproducer needed a stylus so I put on an Edisonic. http://youtu.be/BmoGRWK9i9Q

Nice record - what is the title, and which band?

[OrthoSean]

It's "Sob Sister Sadie", Edison 51510, by Dave Harmon's Orchestra...it's a great record.

Sean

[FloridaClay]

And what a handsome collection of phonographs!

Clay

[barnettrp21122]

Here's mine in action, since passed on to another TMF member. At the time I made this the original standard reproducer needed a stylus so I put on an Edisonic. http://youtu.be/BmoGRWK9i9Q

Nice sound and video! I want those original cylinder storage boxes on the lower shelf of your Amberola III!
Somewhere awhile back I read someone was making reproduction albums or storage boxes for some type phonograph, and wondered at the time if making repros of the Edison cylinder albums would be feasable. Anyone remember who? Thanks.
Bob

[Valecnik]

Here's mine in action, since passed on to another TMF member. At the time I made this the original standard reproducer needed a stylus so I put on an Edisonic. http://youtu.be/BmoGRWK9i9Q

Nice sound and video! I want those original cylinder storage boxes on the lower shelf of your Amberola III!
Somewhere awhile back I read someone was making reproduction albums or storage boxes for some type phonograph, and wondered at the time if making repros of the Edison cylinder albums would be feasable. Anyone remember who? Thanks.
Bob

I also saw that, they were boxes for an Edison School machine. I'd consider loaning my boxes if someone wanted to try copying them.