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Age of Edison Standard model A?
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 5:30 pm
by AmberolaAndy
Well, I bought another machine this month. (Woo hoo!) An Edison standard model A! And it works great! But now, I'm wondering what year it was made? The serial number is #87708. I think it was made sometime in 1903. But to be totally sure I'd thought I'd ask the fine folks here.
Thanks!
Re: Age of Edison Standard model A?
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 7:38 pm
by Phonofreak
Does the carriage have a shaver assembly? Does the carriage have a lift lever or the push-pull button? If your machine has both these features, it is 1903 or earlier. If there is no shaver and has the push-pull button, then your machine is 1904-05.
Harvey Kravitz
Re: Age of Edison Standard model A?
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 7:46 pm
by phonogfp
According to original Edison sales data, Standard No.87708 left the factory about March 1903.
George P.
Re: Age of Edison Standard model A?
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 7:54 pm
by AmberolaAndy
phonogfp wrote:According to original Edison sales data, Standard No.87708 left the factory about March 1903.
George P.
Whoa!
115 years old and it still works! And yes, it has a lift lever and a place in the back of the carriage where a shaver would have screwed in, but the shaver and screw is long gone.