AMET Spring Motor Machine on Ebay

[Bob]

What is an AMET brand motor? Looks like an Edison product?

[phonogfp]

What is an AMET brand motor? Looks like an Edison product?

The Amet motors (designed by Edward H. Amet) were among the earliest spring-driven talking machine motors manufactured. The original purpose was to allow the owner of a Class M Edison to remove the playing mechanism from the heavy electric motor and mount it to the new spring-driven ("clockwork") mechanism. No batteries needed anymore.

The Amet motors were sold with and without playing mechanisms so the customer could get exactly what he needed.

George P.

[phonojim]

Someone may have had the right thing to offer in trade for the machine.

Jim

[Bob]

What is an AMET brand motor? Looks like an Edison product?

The Amet motors (designed by Edward H. Amet) were among the earliest spring-driven talking machine motors manufactured. The original purpose was to allow the owner of a Class M Edison to remove the playing mechanism from the heavy electric motor and mount it to the new spring-driven ("clockwork") mechanism. No batteries needed anymore.

The Amet motors were sold with and without playing mechanisms so the customer could get exactly what he needed.

George P.

Thanks, George

[edisonphonoworks]

The Amet motor was manufactured in Waukegan, IL around 1894. Very nice piece indeed. There was different numbers of springs for different Amet motors, not only could you attach a Phonograph to it, a Graphophone topworks of the time will also work.