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BC-34 from CL with Records Wrapped in 1944 Newspapers
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 9:42 pm
by CDBPDX
Just brought home a collection of about 100 or so Diamond Disc records with the purchase of great grandma's Edison BC-34 phonograph from storage. They were wrapped in Dec 24, 1944 newspaper. Don't suppose granny got a new phonograph for Christmas..??
Got a few good early jass/jass and a lot of Jauda's Orchestra stuff. Also a few classical and a couple interesting 'red star' labels. No 52000 series, though.
And the phono worked great! $200 well spent.
CDB
P.S. - And 4 really good Uncle Josh records
Re: BC-34 from CL with Records Wrapped in 1944 Newspapers
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 2:24 am
by marcapra
Sounds interesting! I'd like to see some pics of the machine and the newspapers too.
Re: BC-34 from CL with Records Wrapped in 1944 Newspapers
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 3:35 am
by Lucius1958
CDBPDX wrote:Just brought home a collection of about 100 or so Diamond Disc records with the purchase of great grandma's Edison BC-34 phonograph from storage. They were wrapped in Dec 24, 1944 newspaper. Don't suppose granny got a new phonograph for Christmas..??
Had she been playing the same records for over 15 years? (the BC-34 was not listed after August 1927)…
Bill
Re: BC-34 from CL with Records Wrapped in 1944 Newspapers
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 8:29 pm
by CDBPDX
Here are the pics of the BC34. The horn neck and the reproducer are striped, 2 each alternating gold and grey. Not sure I've seen that before.
Also a couple pics of the 1944 newspaper wrapping.
Cliff
Re: BC-34 from CL with Records Wrapped in 1944 Newspapers
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 9:12 pm
by gramophone78
Love the Barney Google cartoon. A great period song...
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Re: BC-34 from CL with Records Wrapped in 1944 Newspapers
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 10:53 pm
by marcapra
Thanks! Looks like a great console! Mine looks just like yours except mine has the small no. 100 horn. That means mine is an early model from 1923, buy I do have the typewriter keys. Thanks for showing the 1944 newspaper! That's back when everybody read the paper. Nowadays most people just stare at their cell phones!
Re: BC-34 from CL with Records Wrapped in 1944 Newspapers
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 11:01 pm
by CDBPDX
marcapra wrote:Thanks! Looks like a great console! Mine looks just like yours except mine has the small no. 100 horn. That means mine is an early model from 1923, buy I do have the typewriter keys.
This new one has serial number 52065, well in to production. It also has the A stamp on the stylus bar. That and the striped horn neck and reproducer make this an unusual machine, I think.
Cliff
Re: BC-34 from CL with Records Wrapped in 1944 Newspapers
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 9:23 am
by alang
Cliff, thanks for sharing. Do you know if this would have been the original grill cloth? If yes, could you please post a close up picture of it, for future shopping reference? I always thought Edison grill cloths did not have a pattern, but this one looks well aged...
Thanks
Andreas
Re: BC-34 from CL with Records Wrapped in 1944 Newspapers
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 5:55 pm
by CDBPDX
Here is a YouTube video of the BC 34 playing one of the Diamond Discs wrapped in the old newspaper:
http://youtu.be/eONtadQoACg
Everything seems to be working great on the machine and the reproducer is excellent!
also recorded some Uncle Josh Diamond Discs from this group:
http://78records.cdbpdx.com/DD/UncJ/
Enjoy! Cliff
Re: BC-34 from CL with Records Wrapped in 1944 Newspapers
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 6:28 pm
by CDBPDX
alang wrote:Cliff, thanks for sharing. Do you know if this would have been the original grill cloth? If yes, could you please post a close up picture of it, for future shopping reference? I always thought Edison grill cloths did not have a pattern, but this one looks well aged...
Thanks
Andreas
Maybe original, maybe not. Cliff