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Re: Featured Phonograph No. 100

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I forgot to ask this question on my last post. Were there small aftermarket cranes for this model Gem?
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Re: Featured Phonograph No. 100

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Phonofreak wrote:I forgot to ask this question on my last post. Were there small aftermarket cranes for this model Gem?
Harvey Kravitz
Hawthorne & Sheble offered this crane for the Gem. It consists of a cast-iron socket that is secured using the existing screw on the Gem, and the steel rod. :)

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Re: Featured Phonograph No. 100

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Steve,
A beautiful machine that is certainly worthy of your outstanding collection.
Congratulations on such a nice addition.
I found a Gem Model A with an original 10" cone horn about a year ago.
It was not until several weeks after I picked it up that I realized that the horn was stamped in very small letters,"Pat AUG 22 05".
Do you know if most original cone horns were stamped?
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Gene

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Beautiful addition to your collection, thank you for taking the time to share with us.

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Re: Featured Phonograph No. 100

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gemering wrote: I found a Gem Model A with an original 10" cone horn about a year ago.
It was not until several weeks after I picked it up that I realized that the horn was stamped in very small letters,"Pat AUG 22 05".
Do you know if most original cone horns were stamped?
Best,
Gene
Edison Gems were supplied with horns made by the Tea Tray Company. At first, these Tea Tray Co. horns had end tubes soldered in place. The Aug. 22, 1905 date is for a patent (No.797,724) awarded to the Tea Tray Company on the crimping/forming the small end of the horn. Most of the crimped-end 10" horns I've seen lack this marking. The later marked horns would have been supplied with Gems only from late 1905 until October 1907 when larger horns began being supplied with the Gem.

Prior to the granting of the patent, the crimped-end horns were unmarked, and virtually all of the soldered-tube horns were unmarked.

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Re: Featured Phonograph No. 100

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What a cute little machine. I love the way it has be cleaned and detailed. Jerry

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