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I'm so glad to find this site. I have and Edison model 250 C-19 serial 79121 that I'm trying to get more info on. I bought it decades ago because it's a cool machine, but now I'm interested to know more about the machine. Any recommendations?

It still plays and I have diamond disc records (well-used).

Everything all original except a couple very small veneer patches.

I appreciate any advice or info that anyone can give.

Welcome to the forum!

I wrote a series of articles explaining the history of the Edison "Chippendale" Model C 250 and it's later version; the C 19. The 4-part installments appeared in the Antique Phonograph Society's journal, The Antique Phonograph, from December 2015 - September 2016. I have placed my research spreadsheet of the estimated production times for the serial numbers I recorded, during the course of my research, on the APS website. You can find it here: http://www.antiquephono.org/edison-c-25 ... -1925-pdf/

The history of this model began in 1915, and was ended in the mid 1920's so it's easy to understand there's quite a bit involved in understanding how this model (the most popular of the Edison Diamond Disc Phonographs) evolved over its long lifetime.

My research began with a post here that I conducted; a sort of "registry" -- if you will. It can be found here: http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... =2&t=16837. The questionnaire has evolved over time; an updated version can be found on the last page of the post.

There's a wealth of information to be gleaned from the incredible participation of our TMF members in that post.

It would be nice for you take the survey, and add to the extant information available to everyone. At the same time, you should be able to become more familiar with your oak C 19.

Best,
Fran

Welcome to the forum pianogirl! I hope you found Fran's information helpful. It looks to me that your machine was made in May 1919. It is amazing to me how long these machines have existed and that they continue to work. Such engineering is rare these days.

Dan