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Edison Columbia hybrid
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Edison Columbia hybrid on eBay
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alang
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Edison Columbia hybrid on eBay
Very strange machine on eBay. The seller is quite forthcoming about the strange label, but thinks it's an Edison Columbia hybrid. Not sure if it has been discussed here before, but I am curious why someone apparently long ago would create an Edison Disc Graphophone label and put it on a Columbia machine? Are these two plugged holes in the wood next to the crank? Any ideas?
Edison Columbia hybrid
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Edison Columbia hybrid
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Re: Edison Columbia hybrid on eBay
Link:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Edison-Grap ... 1e9ad66fa5
Seller is "phonocrazy" who has sold some serious machines on ebay.
IMHO, the "decal" looks hand painted. I've also known some sellers who describe any machine as an "Edison", because he invented the phonograph, but this seller should know better. (Nobody remember Emil Berliner of course.)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Edison-Grap ... 1e9ad66fa5
Seller is "phonocrazy" who has sold some serious machines on ebay.
IMHO, the "decal" looks hand painted. I've also known some sellers who describe any machine as an "Edison", because he invented the phonograph, but this seller should know better. (Nobody remember Emil Berliner of course.)
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Re: Edison Columbia hybrid on eBay
VERY INTERESTING.....
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Re: Edison Columbia hybrid on eBay
Hmmmm.
Well, the seller seems to represent the machine fairly honestly in the description...
Well, the seller seems to represent the machine fairly honestly in the description...
De Soto Frank
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Re: Edison Columbia hybrid on eBay
Definitely plugged holes , and nice new screws holding the escutcheon on too.alang wrote: Are these two plugged holes in the wood next to the crank? Any ideas?
Edison Columbia hybrid
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It does look like a recent creation.
Steve
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Re: Edison Columbia hybrid on eBay
There is nothing "Edison" about it, beyond it being talking machine having his name painted on a fake decal. I am most inclined to believe an individual did that, rather than a "rogue" company.
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Re: Edison Columbia hybrid on eBay
It's the rare Columbia client machine made for Edison...
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
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Re: Edison Columbia hybrid on eBay
OK:
It appears to be similar to a late model BI: the corner columns are somewhat different from my example, though; and the speed control seems different from other Columbias of that period (no separate brake, either).
The soundbox has the spring chuck of the Analyzing reproducer, but seems unusual otherwise.
The seller claims to have bought the machine from the "well known" "TF": perhaps a query to our own "TF" might shine some light on this?
It is hard to pronounce judgement on this until we know all the facts.
Bill
It appears to be similar to a late model BI: the corner columns are somewhat different from my example, though; and the speed control seems different from other Columbias of that period (no separate brake, either).
The soundbox has the spring chuck of the Analyzing reproducer, but seems unusual otherwise.
The seller claims to have bought the machine from the "well known" "TF": perhaps a query to our own "TF" might shine some light on this?
It is hard to pronounce judgement on this until we know all the facts.
Bill
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Re: Edison Columbia hybrid on eBay
Someone's cobbled together fantasy.
Clay
Clay
Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume's Laws of Collecting
1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
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De Soto Frank
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Re: Edison Columbia hybrid on eBay
The markings on the speed-control quadrant are interesting... just arbitrary markings ?
( Or not for / from a talking machine at all ? )
( Or not for / from a talking machine at all ? )
De Soto Frank