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From a Frank C. Stanley record:Django wrote: Mon Jan 03, 2022 8:03 pm ...Ken Woodbury once told me that his favorite machine was the last one that he brought home. ...
I never knew there was a song about me...drh wrote: Wed Jan 05, 2022 11:40 pmFrom a Frank C. Stanley record:Django wrote: Mon Jan 03, 2022 8:03 pm ...Ken Woodbury once told me that his favorite machine was the last one that he brought home. ...
I love the last one the best of all,
The old loves no longer my heart enthrall.
I'm constant, I fear,
to the girl who is near.
Oh, many the loves I recall!
I do think that she is the fairest to me,
and I swear I'll be true to eternity.
But I soon change my song
when the next comes along,
for the last one is best of all!
A best find and a gift at that.1913Concert wrote: Sat Jan 08, 2022 9:08 pm My favorite find of 2021 came near the end of the year: a beautiful Edison A-275 found on Facebook marketplace offered by an antique dealer who was selling it for a friend for $125.00 I have always admired the beautiful inlay work on these but had never before had the opportunity to purchase one. The photos show it after a good cleaning. Reaching behind the drawer yielded the wooden reproducer box with the serial number of the reproducer on the machine hand written on the box. Also a bottle of "Edison Diamond Oil." As if that were not good enough two weeks later the dealer texted me that the friend had found the records that were in it and I could have them if I wanted! No extra charge. I went right down and picked up about 40 very early diamond discs including one of the very short lived "Preliminary Couplings" that were only made in 1912/13. I consider myself very fortunate! Good Luck to all in 2022! IMG_0910.JPG
A magnificent find! Very elegant, too!1913Concert wrote: Sat Jan 08, 2022 9:08 pm My favorite find of 2021 came near the end of the year: a beautiful Edison A-275 found on Facebook marketplace offered by an antique dealer who was selling it for a friend for $125.00 I have always admired the beautiful inlay work on these but had never before had the opportunity to purchase one. The photos show it after a good cleaning. Reaching behind the drawer yielded the wooden reproducer box with the serial number of the reproducer on the machine hand written on the box. Also a bottle of "Edison Diamond Oil." As if that were not good enough two weeks later the dealer texted me that the friend had found the records that were in it and I could have them if I wanted! No extra charge. I went right down and picked up about 40 very early diamond discs including one of the very short lived "Preliminary Couplings" that were only made in 1912/13. I consider myself very fortunate! Good Luck to all in 2022! IMG_0910.JPG
One of my favorite Edison Disc models! The bedplate on yours looks great too - - which is certainly not always the case with A-series machines. Congratulations!1913Concert wrote: Sat Jan 08, 2022 9:08 pm My favorite find of 2021 came near the end of the year: a beautiful Edison A-275 found on Facebook marketplace offered by an antique dealer who was selling it for a friend for $125.00 I have always admired the beautiful inlay work on these but had never before had the opportunity to purchase one. The photos show it after a good cleaning. Reaching behind the drawer yielded the wooden reproducer box with the serial number of the reproducer on the machine hand written on the box. Also a bottle of "Edison Diamond Oil." As if that were not good enough two weeks later the dealer texted me that the friend had found the records that were in it and I could have them if I wanted! No extra charge. I went right down and picked up about 40 very early diamond discs including one of the very short lived "Preliminary Couplings" that were only made in 1912/13. I consider myself very fortunate! Good Luck to all in 2022! IMG_0910.JPG