Serial number lookup

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The "G", "S", "H", and "C" prefixes to Edison serial numbers indicate Gem, Standard, Home, and Concert respectively. These prefixes were used only during the earlier years of production. Later production will not have these prefixes.

Serial numbers for all Edison Phonographs from 1896-May 1908 have been correlated into sales graphs which have appeared in the following issues of the Antique Phonograph Society magazine:

Edison Gem: June 2023
Edison Standard: December 2023
Edison Home: June 2024
Edison Spring Motor/Triumph: December 2019
Edison Concert: December 2024

Current APS members can access all issues of the magazine back to March 2004 online (along with over 30,000 pages of other documents back to 1890).

George P.

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victrola VV VI 174083F
victrola VV IVA 409144
victrola Vro II 5051A
victrola VV VI 254864F

Identifying the Victor Victrolas, and finding out when they were manufactured is very easy, thanks to the Victor-Victrola page -- http://www.victor-victrola.com/ -- which provides a description of each model and a dating guide by serial number (for most enclosed horn models).

Since Google monitors the site's information, all you have to do, for instance, is to go to Google, type in Victrola VVIX and you'll come up with the following -- https://www.google.com/search?as_q=Vict ... type=&tbs=

Click on the top link from the Victor Victrola page -- http://www.victor-victrola.com/IX.htm -- scroll down to the Serial Number Chart, and you'll see that it was manufactured in 1914.

For most external horn Victor Talking Machine models, such as the Vic. II, there is no serial number dating guide, but you can still get a good idea of when they were manufactured due to the detailed descriptions provided -- http://www.victor-victrola.com/Victor%20II.htm

Very cool. Thank you!

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The "G", "S", "H", and "C" prefixes to Edison serial numbers indicate Gem, Standard, Home, and Concert respectively. These prefixes were used only during the earlier years of production. Later production will not have these prefixes.

Serial numbers for all Edison Phonographs from 1896-May 1908 have been correlated into sales graphs which have appeared in the following issues of the Antique Phonograph Society magazine:

Edison Gem: June 2023
Edison Standard: December 2023
Edison Home: June 2024
Edison Spring Motor/Triumph: December 2019
Edison Concert: December 2024

Current APS members can access all issues of the magazine back to March 2004 online (along with over 30,000 pages of other documents back to 1890).

George P.

More great information! Thank you

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Are serial numbers associated with the specific models of each type of phonograph were produced? Or are they more a link to the year they were made? Heres what I'm guessing so far

type probable model marking if any serial number
amberola Mark 50 Mark 50 SM2376
cylinder Fireside Model A Fireside Model A 66228
cylinder Home A-B H58918
cylinder Home? D-E A-B H183432
cylinder Standard A-B S123475
cylinder Standard Model D Model D Standard 647628
cylinder Triumph A-B Triumph 67608
cylinder Triumph? C-F A-B 30888
cylinder Home A-B H3001

amberola Mark 30 30 347
amberola Mark 30 30 3751
amberola Mark 30 Mark 30 SM63612
amberola Mark 50 Mark 50 SM16720
amberola Mark 75 Mark 75 SM11075
amberola VIII VII 2931

cylinder GEM GEM G168160
cylinder GEM GEM G21978

cylinder Home A-B 238691
cylinder Home A-B 252933
cylinder Home A-B 307935
cylinder Home A-B H4650
cylinder Home A-B H64472
cylinder Home A-B H71058
cylinder Home A-B H97345
cylinder Home A-B H104254
cylinder Home A-B H115562
cylinder Home A-B H163423
cylinder Home A-B H199257
cylinder Home A-B H199717
cylinder Home A-B H204474
cylinder Home C-F H145712

cylinder Standard A-B 474374
cylinder Standard A-B 511441
cylinder Standard A-B S55899
cylinder Standard A-B S138527
cylinder Standard A-B S256169
cylinder Standard A-B S344617
cylinder Standard A-B S372468
cylinder Standard Standard 695668D
cylinder Standard Standard 711754D
cylinder Standard Standard 715670D
cylinder Standard C,E,G 729366
cylinder Standard Model D Standard Model D 730832
cylinder Standard Model F Model F Standard 792612

cylinder Triumph C-F A-B Triumph 60179
cylinder Triumph G Triumph 86361
cylinder Triumph Model F Triumph Model F 84647