Edison C 250 Question

[Talkophone]

What is the difference between the 5 sided Laboratory Model Tag and the round siided Laboratory Model tag? Here is a picture of the 5 sided. By the way I'm looking for the 5 sided tag for my C250.

Larry

Edison Laboratory Tag.jpg (221.87 KiB) Viewed 1993 times

[JohnM]

The 5-sided medallions date to a brief period when TAE was an adherent to the teachings of Aleister Crowley.

[wjw]

In Frow's book he states that the verbage on the medallion was later shortened to "Official Laboratory Model". Maybe the shape changed at that time?

[phonogfp]

I've noticed that C-250s seem to have the 5-sided tag while C-19s have the circular tag. And as WJW points out, the round tag no longer specifies the model so they could be used on a variety of machines.

George P.

[Brad]

I've noticed that C-250s seem to have the 5-sided tag while C-19s have the circular tag. And as WJW points out, the round tag no longer specifies the model so they could be used on a variety of machines.

George P.

George,

I have a C-250, SN 12,206 with a 5 sided tag, and another one, SN 40,600 that has a round tag, so they must have made the change before they changed the model designation.

Brad

[phonogfp]

That's interesting, Brad. The longer I do this, it seems there are no hard and fast rules! Thanks for the information.

George P.

[SonnyPhono]

I recently acquired two C-250's that have the 5 sided laboratory tags. I knew that the tags switched both the shape and wording at some point. However, I wasn't aware that there were variations of wording within one shape of tag. Here they are from my C-250's. (Removed them for cleaning and only then did I notice the difference.)

Strangely, the serial numbers of the machines from which these belong to are pretty close. The one on the left is from serial #12004 and the one on the right is from serial #13676. I used a digital microscope to examine the writing to make sure one wasn't changed over the years by someone. I can assure you these were both done in the factory.

I have looked a bit tonight but didn't come up with anything other than what I already knew. Hopefully someone who has seen one with the "$250" can shine some light on the situation if they know anything.

[SonnyPhono]

I was able to come up with this article/ad that was published in several publications in December, 1915. (The month the C-250 was released.)

http://books.google.com/books?id=Q5MVRh ... 22&f=false

Does this suggest that the plate with the "$250" wording was very early on and then was changed at somepoint to the "C-250" plate?

[JohnM]

Interesting. The Phonograph shown in the advertisement pre-dates the C-250. I wonder if perhaps some of those were badged with the $250 medallion and the remainder used up on the earliest C-250's? If so, I don't recall ever seeing one.

[Valecnik]

Interesting thread. Yet another variation from a W250...