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I was cleaning up the Fireside I just bought and while I wait to find the horn & crane I have a question. What would you do (if anything) to the Edison case decal??. Compared to the rest of the machine, I consider it a little weak. As for the the rest.....it cleaned up nice. It's been a few days already and no horn or crane....I guess my luck has run out.. . BTW, I did buy a lottery ticket. I'm sorry to say I must still buy inexpensive machine's for now... ..... .

I would leave it as is. It's too nice to replace. If you really want a perfect one, Gregg Cline could do it but better then to start with a case that also needs to be redone.

I agree!
Leave the Edison decal alone.
I am a purist.

Ditto. It has a little age to it, but I wouldn't consider that a bad thing and compared to most I see it's in pretty good shape.

Clay

its in great shape compared to mine!, i would leave it as is

Leave it alone. Leo Hirtz told me years ago that if something original isn't that bad, DON'T "restore" it. And if you MUST "restore" - make sure it's authentic - done the same way it would have been done when the machine was made. Otherwise you 1) destroy a piece of history and 2) greatly reduce the value of whatever it is you have. Makes good common sense. Vintage machines are just that - unless they're filthy, dirty, rustbuckets that NEED restoration, don't alter things. This is why the person who's drilling records to fit a Standard machine shouldn't - IT'S NOT AUTHENTIC.

If it were mine, I'd leave it alone. It's the nicest original Firesides I have seen sine I knew Bailey Teeters when I was a teen ager.
He had some really nice stuff in his basement.
Bill Cahill

Leave it alone!!!

Thanks all for the input. I will do as "all" have stated......"leave it alone!!".