Re: Edison Attachment-Real or Fake
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2015 11:55 pm
Aha. Any names?Victrola18 wrote:If the machine is on the west coast I would bet it is repo. A dealer in Castro valley california about 25 years ago made 10 or more of these up and sold them as originals. You could buy only the reproducer or the complete set up including the machine.
It is curious that they omitted the external support for the crane, as they were most likely working from the photograph in Frow (if I were trying to make a re-creation, I think I'd want it to be as close to the source as possible). Perhaps the casting was too complex?
Bill