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The grille on my A100 Diamond Disc has faint circular outlines, about an inch in diameter, at each of the front 4 corners. I've noticed that on some other A100 grilles too. From the picture in Frow's The Edison Disc Phonograph and the Diamond Discs it looks like there was originally an applied decoration there, some sort of rosette. They must have been very poorly attached. A Google image search for A100s turned up very few that still has them.

Does anybody know what they were made of--wood, metal, some sort of composition--and whether there is any source for reproductions?

Clay

They were composition and poorly attached, as you suspect. Not aware of reproductions. Maybe you can find an existing one and make a mold off of it.

JerryVan - You can find a very close match here - just search under Rosettes-Circle. Great quality also!

http://www.decoratorssupply.com/store/m ... rBody&c=CR

Clay here's a pic of one of the rosettes on my mahogany A 100, if it can be of help.

Best,
Fran

If you're missing all four these are close but not exact. They have many more take a look.

Yes Brian, the ones on pages 10 & 11.

Fran,

What diameter are yours that you've pictured?

JerryVan wrote:Yes Brian, the ones on pages 10 & 11.

Fran,

What diameter are yours that you've pictured?

1 inch.

Best,
Fran

Thanks guys. Looks like their #5660F should work.

Clay

I found a missing rosette for my Sonora on that website! It was exactly the one I was missing.

-Connor

They have good quality reproductions for sure