Mystery Parts

[nauck]

Can anyone help identify these pieces?

Thanks!

[De Soto Frank]

Third-world torture devices ???

[nauck]

Well, they were extracted from a place where the sun hadn't shone in a long, long time!

The smaller piece was clumsily attached to a Wizard cylinder phonograph reproducer. But I don't think it is a real Wizard modification.

Kurt

[gsphonos]

Hi Kurt,

The round reproducer piece sure looks like an Edison business machine reproducer weight(I say business machine because my reproducer is early and actually has the markings that a regular C or H reproducer would have on the body--think it is too early to be from an Ediphone, or Edison was just using up old stock parts, as I have later examples of the same type of reproducer with no markings on them) --see attached pictures of one I have that are similar.....

Mike Sorter

[nauck]

One down!

Thanks Mike - I have some of those reproducers, should have checked. That's exactly what it is.

[MicaMonster]

The top reproducer is for a Lioret, equipped for use with listening tubes.

[nauck]

Oh, that's great! I have the Lioret machine to go with it. It has the cardboard reproducer; I didn't know there was another possibility.

Thanks