The Talking Machine Forum — For All Antique Phonographs & Recordings

This posting is for a friend of mine who could but has no interest in learning how to use the internet! He needs the early aluminum motor with the embossed sans serif "EDISON" text. I believe the earliest examples had the large rheostat with the perforated shielding, either would work. There was a crusty Business Machine that went cheap at the first Shlick auction that had this motor however due to some miscommunication it wasn't bid on...