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Re: Mounting 10"-12" selector buttons on Edison C-250

Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 10:58 am
by 52089
phonogfp wrote:It seems that Edison was seriously considering the manufacture of 12" standard-thread discs around 1923-24. The record storage cabinets of some machines were designed to accommodate them, and of course the 10"/12" buttons were provided. A project that unfortunately didn't go anywhere.

George P.
And of course, all the Diamond Disc machines were fitted with 12" turntables.

Re: Mounting 10"-12" selector buttons on Edison C-250

Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:59 am
by fran604g
52089 wrote:
phonogfp wrote:It seems that Edison was seriously considering the manufacture of 12" standard-thread discs around 1923-24. The record storage cabinets of some machines were designed to accommodate them, and of course the 10"/12" buttons were provided. A project that unfortunately didn't go anywhere.

George P.
And of course, all the Diamond Disc machines were fitted with 12" turntables.
True, true, true! All of them from the very beginning. It makes one wonder why the record start selectors weren't introduced much earlier than they seem to have been...

Crazy Edison. :lol:

-Fran