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As you guys know I have this Edison A-300 but it has no grill cloth.
Can anyone guide me to a good repro?
It is tan felt so tan fabric?
Anyone have a link to a seller and piece I should use for originality...

Thanks
Kirk

Wow! Pardon me, but I didn't know what an A-300 was until I looked it up in Frow. It's an A-250 Modern Renaissance, but in Circassian Walnut. I think there were only about 125 made! I'd like to see more pics of this please! Marc.

marcapra wrote:Wow! Pardon me, but I didn't know what an A-300 was until I looked it up in Frow. It's an A-250 Modern Renaissance, but in Circassian Walnut. I think there were only about 125 made! I'd like to see more pics of this please! Marc.

I would also like to see more pictures. This one should be included in the Featured Phonographs section of the forum.

Grill cloths on Edison machines have a very low survival rate and remain something of a mystery. The most common remnant found appears to be a pale yellow-green silk, but on a Circassian piece, that may or may not have been correct.

Hello all,
When I get her all put together I will take pictures and post them....
There is an open topic with the pics how I found it...

http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... =2&t=29547

Kirk

Kirk- Did you see this?

http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... hilit=a300

If your horn is painted woodgrain like the one in this thread, I would tend to surmise that there wouldn't be any grille cloth... otherwise why doll up the horn like that?

Hello,
That is exactly what I was chatting about on my facebook group...
It is the painted woodgrain horn but the back of the grill also has glue residue and fabric remnants from a cloth...
That could have been added at any time in the last 100 years though...

Kirk

So, leave it for now and finish up with what you have. Always easy to add a cloth down the road when/ if you find out what/ if it's correct.

Horn in question...

Kirk, That horn is in impressive condition! Very nice, you are incredibly fortunate.

Best,
Fran