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JerryVan wrote: Sat Feb 18, 2023 8:57 pm Not perfect, but not bad, and not expensive... https://www.ebay.com/itm/255964003077?h ... R-qGhvbMYQ

Josh_boro20 wrote: Sun Feb 19, 2023 5:54 pm Here are some pictures of mine serial number 65 for reference.
-Joshua

AmberolaAndy wrote: Sun Feb 19, 2023 8:09 pm
I see your belt cover has nothing embossed on it. Was it a replacement?

And is the lid to your machine the 3 Broadway addresses?

phonogfp wrote: Sun Feb 19, 2023 8:25 pm

AmberolaAndy wrote: Sun Feb 19, 2023 8:09 pm
I see your belt cover has nothing embossed on it. Was it a replacement?

And is the lid to your machine the 3 Broadway addresses?

Andy,

If you carefully read the thread I recommended earlier,

https://forum.antiquephono.org/topic/32 ... /#comments

you'll find the answers to most of your questions. For instance:

"The earliest cased Eagles had plain (unstamped) belt covers, and at approximately No.115,000 they began stamping them with patent information. Note that the serial number was not stamped into the belt covers of cased Eagles."

With only 1 known exception, all the early cased Eagles up to approx. 145,000 carry a lid decal with 3 Broadway addresses.

All you need to make an historically-authentic cased Eagle from your mechanism is a case with 3 Broadway addresses and a serial number on the data plate below 145,000, plus a belt cover. From approx. #115,000 to approx. #145,000, the belt covers had patent information stamped on them. (This is the easiest cover to find.) From #80,000 to approx. #115,000, the belt covers were plain. (These are a bit more difficult to find.)

I hope this helps.

George P.

AmberolaAndy wrote: Mon Feb 20, 2023 11:06 am Sorry I’m just really excited that FINALLY after 7 years of collecting machines I finally get my first machine made in the 19th century. I can’t think clearly lol.