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Here is an Edison Standard Phonograph minus crank, reproducer, and gear cover.

SOLD 10/14/2017










The good:
Motor is complete and very quiet on both 2-min. and 4-min. settings.
Decent bedplate that should clean up okay.
Free delivery to Wayne on 10/7/17 or 10/8/17

The bad:
Case and lid refinished.
No Decal.
Mandrel has surface rust.
Missing right side lid latch and damage to the case as pictured.
Lid has some very minor cracking near the right handle hardware and slight damage to the front as pictured.

Offered at $130
SALE PENDING

Excellent price Tom B

Yes, it's a good price. It's an interesting machine. It is clearly a model B, but it has the top mounted speed control. Is there any evidence of this being an ICS or ITC school machine (such as screw holes on either side of the bedplate signature for a repeater)?
Regards,
Martin

martinola wrote:Yes, it's a good price. It's an interesting machine. It is clearly a model B, but it has the top mounted speed control. Is there any evidence of this being an ICS or ITC school machine (such as screw holes on either side of the bedplate signature for a repeater)?
Regards,
Martin

Aside from the presence of the speed control, what are the characteristics that mark the difference in the upper works between a Model A and B? My ICS Model B has a lift lever on the carriage, instead of the knurled knob. Were the ITC machines different in this respect?

Bill

Hi Bill.

The main identifiers of it being a model B are the spring motor mounts and the threaded crank shaft. I've always liked the quiet of the B motor, but have always wished that it had a top mounted speed control. Most were ICS/ITC type machines. (The ITC had a different tag on front but was the same in every other respect to the ICS machine.)

Martin

Not gonna make it to Wayne, would you ship? Wouldn't mind a project.

martinola wrote:Hi Bill.

The main identifiers of it being a model B are the spring motor mounts and the threaded crank shaft. I've always liked the quiet of the B motor, but have always wished that it had a top mounted speed control. Most were ICS/ITC type machines. (The ITC had a different tag on front but was the same in every other respect to the ICS machine.)

Martin

OK.

The knurled nut on the speed control shaft is rather odd, though: it is not on my machine.

Bill

I had one like this! It was a "B" but had a knob. Darnedest thing I had seen, I have a thread on here about it.

http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... =2&t=29535

Will be in the parking lot at Wayne on Saturday from 8-10 AM
Can also deliver for free on Sunday.

Gene

Last chance here and then I'll email those who asked about shipping (in the order that the inquiries were received.)
$130 with 20 mostly 2 minute cylinders and a few 4-min. Indestructibles, if picked up at Wayne tomorrow.

Gene