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On the first day of last month, I made an unbelievable find at a flea market in San Francisco's Little Moscow district: the elusive Soviet counterfeit version of the Edison Diamond B reproducer, the semi-mythical Lenin-Tone.

It's complete and appears completely identical to an actual Diamond B, other than additional badging. This one even came with its original presentation box. Lenin-Tone, the Voice of the Proletariat!

See the attached photos. Obviously more research is needed, but in the meantime, I'm sure you will agree that this is completely...unbelievable!

Looks like an Edison Diamond "B" to me!

This is a month and a day late!

George P.

It looks like a Diamond B to me with new stickers on it. The box looks like a modern cardboard one with stickers on it. Other than that, It looks like a nice reproducer. I don't think these are Russian copies, if such a thing were made.
Harvey Kravitz

phonogfp wrote:

This is a month and a day late!

George P.

Darn, George beat me to it. Happy May Day comrade.... .

phonogfp wrote:

This is a month and a day late!

George P.

Doesn't have to be April Fool's for Peter to be yankin' your chains.

BTW, he's not a Leninist; he's a Kropotkin Anarchist....

"Unbelievable" indeed!!

Hmmmpf.

Talk about the Kropotkin calling the kettle red!

Well, I never.

Whoever sold you this took advantage of you. This looks like a cheap Indian knockoff of the original reproduction Soviet Lenin-Tone reproducer... the originals had a hand engraved signature done by Lenin himself.

But, the question remains: is it loud?

Fransky