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Gorgeous machine!! I have wanted one of these EARLY A 250's or A 300's ever since I saw the late Bill Bryant's A250 which had to have been one of the first to leave the factory. It was essentially this machine in the mahogany cabinet The horn has always interested me because I'm sure it's slightly bigger than the C 250 " lab" model horn. When we visited Biii..I took my " wonderful" DD reproducer that I have gone on about ( until I'm sure you guys are sick of hearing about it ) and the sound that the machine produced with my repro was glorious: better than the Lab Model 250 I always felt. But then it might have been my over wrought imagination.
Jim

Stunning! Absolutely a beautiful example of the elusive A-300 (at least it's been elusive to me). The grain is great - I love how the pieced together the top of the lid. Congratulations on finding such a great machine.

Beautiful machine. Virtually all of the paint on my A250 horn dried up and fell off a few years ago.
Dave

that's a very nice machine... and it's nice to see postings again of such rarities, particularly the type that few of us are likely to ever seen in person.

Did you notice that the horn was two piece held together like the cygnet horns?

EdisonReproducers wrote:Did you notice that the horn was two piece held together like the cygnet horns?

That's correct. Is is held on in the same manner as a cygnet horn. Also look just to the right of the cygnet clip. It has the same gold wash knurled nut one would use to secure the reproducer of an Amberola I, III or Opera to the arm which screws in, in sort of a belt and suspenders approach to securing the horn I guess.

Great Edison upright, I love the top on this phonograph. I tend to shy away from uprights but this is the type I'd have to keep around.
Larry

phonogfp wrote:Look at the way the Circassian is cut on the top of the lid

Yes, that cabinet is beautiful!

Lovely machine...and I like the attention to detail. I also note that even the parts of the horn that would never be seen (unless you were taking the machine apart) are also painted to look like wood. They could of just painted the front part of the horn that could be seen through the grill.

I'm surprised at Edison, I thought he had a reputation for being tight yet here he is spending money on paint that would never be seen.

RJ

It's almost as if they took exactly the same process as they used in constructing an external horn phono and just copied it...

Step 1 build mechanism
Step 2 build cabinet
Step 3 assemble and paint wood grain on horn

... without imagining that this would not be seen except by the repair man. Even woodgraining the inside of the horn does not make alot of sense given that this machine would have had , (I assume) a silk cloth behind the grill.

I've also got an A150 Diamond Disc in Oak. It has the most beautifully woodgrained horn one could imagine. I'm pleased it does but why?

Already by the B series they figured this out and went to standard Henry Ford black on all the horns