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Edison H-19 with LP attachment on UK eBay
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 6:09 am
by epigramophone
Re: Edison H-19 with LP attachment on UK eBay
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 7:10 am
by fran604g
Now, that's the spirit!
Someone wanted to be able to "do it all" with their humble Hepplewhite.
I hope someone picks it up and gives it some love!
The gold hardware on it is interesting.
Fran
Re: Edison H-19 with LP attachment on UK eBay
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 9:42 am
by fran604g
This machine has a seemingly unusual NICKEL plated reproducer (#LG 12037), and a screw-on-to-the-motor-plate single reproducer holder present;(thinking of you, George
).
These two items seem to be fairly scarce, and would not have been originally installed on the H 19. I believe they were obtained through a factory "upgrade" kit sold by the Edison Company; the kit was publicized on the last page of their "What the Critics Say" brochure (form No. 4865--50M--4-27; dated April, 1927). The promotion expounds this
"marvelous [LP] achievement", and urges present owners to,
"...ask to see the attachment that converts present Edison instruments into the Long Playing variety at a surprisingly low cost."
I would love to know what that "surprising low cost" may have been.
When the kit was installed on this H 19 is an interesting thought; it certainly looks as if it's been there a long time (and in the UK, no less, HOW VERY INTERESTING!).
-Fran
Pictures for posterity, before this H19 disappears forever:
Re: Edison H-19 with LP attachment on UK eBay
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 9:45 am
by phonogfp
Yes - I'd like to have that clamp-on holder for the LP Reproducer!
The LP kit included a second mainspring for those machines that weren't originally equipped with two. I wonder if this Hepplewhite has that second mainspring installed...
George P.
Re: Edison H-19 with LP attachment on UK eBay
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 12:17 pm
by fran604g
phonogfp wrote:Yes - I'd like to have that clamp-on holder for the LP Reproducer!
The LP kit included a second mainspring for those machines that weren't originally equipped with two. I wonder if this Hepplewhite has that second mainspring installed...
George P.
I wish I had asked for a photo, but it didn't cross my mind at the time.
Fran
Re: Edison H-19 with LP attachment on UK eBay
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 2:07 pm
by Valecnik
phonogfp wrote:Yes - I'd like to have that clamp-on holder for the LP Reproducer!
The LP kit included a second mainspring for those machines that weren't originally equipped with two. I wonder if this Hepplewhite has that second mainspring installed...
George P.
Yes it did have the second mainspring installed George. I asked the seller. whoever purchased this originally, or upgraded wanted the full boat! Helluva lot of motor for a Hepplewhite!