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Re: Which Edison A250 should I keep?
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 9:44 am
by fran604g
phonogfp wrote:FloridaClay wrote:
Yes, that's for the ball version.
If I remember correctly, Edison made conversion kits available to those with machines made before the "mute balls" were installed as a standard factory item. Valecnik's instruction booklet post is consistent with that. Frow indicates that shift occurred in November 1914. He indicates that both the mute ball and a damper at the reproducer end was originally considered, but implies that the former won out. He does say that sometime during WWI the mute ball was discontinued in favor of a damper at the reproducer end, but that the mute ball was reinstituted in July 1919. The WWI device he mentions looks a lot like the device that Dustie has from the picture. See Section 15, Sound Modifiers, on page 206 of
The Edison Disc Phonographs and the Diamond Discs.
Clay
P.S. Frow indicates that the shift in the control arrangement for the mute ball from the vertical lift lever to the horizontal slide lever took place in February 1915.
I had to dig pretty deep for this old thread!
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http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... row#p14026
George P.
Very interesting thread, George. So, after reading those old posts, does this Gold Reproducer with the felt muting apparatus seem to be something that is quite scarce to you?
Best,
Fran
Re: Which Edison A250 should I keep?
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 10:07 am
by phonogfp
fran604g wrote:
Very interesting thread, George. So, after reading those old posts, does this Gold Reproducer with the felt muting apparatus seem to be something that is quite scarce to you?
Best,
Fran
Yes - I consider any Edison Disc reproducer with the built-in mute a scarce artifact. This is the first one I've seen in gold plate.
George P.
Re: Which Edison A250 should I keep?
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 12:52 pm
by fran604g
phonogfp wrote:fran604g wrote:
Very interesting thread, George. So, after reading those old posts, does this Gold Reproducer with the felt muting apparatus seem to be something that is quite scarce to you?
Best,
Fran
Yes - I consider any Edison Disc reproducer with the built-in mute a scarce artifact. This is the first one I've seen in gold plate.
George P.
Thank you, George, that's good to know!
Fran
Re: Which Edison A250 should I keep?
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2014 10:02 pm
by Dustie89
So the reproducer with the damper in gold is a scarce one? Also I read the older threads. Idk if it makes a difference, but WWI began in Europe in 1914. The us entered in 1917. Idk if Frowe could be referencing the 1914 to 1917 time period.
Re: Which Edison A250 should I keep?
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:21 am
by fran604g
Dustie89 wrote:So the reproducer with the damper in gold is a scarce one? Also I read the older threads. Idk if it makes a difference, but WWI began in Europe in 1914. The us entered in 1917. Idk if Frowe could be referencing the 1914 to 1917 time period.
Frow was British, so he would be referencing the beginning of WWI from his perspective, I would think. Therefore 1914 would be an appropriate date for him to use, as opposed to 1917 when the US became involved.
Best,
Fran
Re: Which Edison A250 should I keep?
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:24 am
by FloridaClay
Fran, you beat me to the trigger by about 5 seconds. I had just drafted a similar message.
Clay
Re: Which Edison A250 should I keep?
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:41 am
by fran604g
FloridaClay wrote:Fran, you beat me to the trigger by about 5 seconds. I had just drafted a similar message.
Clay
Sorry, Clay, great minds think alike!
Re: Which Edison A250 should I keep?
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:54 am
by FloridaClay
fran604g wrote:FloridaClay wrote:Fran, you beat me to the trigger by about 5 seconds. I had just drafted a similar message.
Clay
Sorry, Clay, great minds think alike!