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Hello all

I have a Edison Fireside cylinder player model A and was wondering if I could find somewhere at the internet when it was made ?. I know they were made 1909 - 1912. Serial number is 75649

Regards

Hi Sigurbjorn,

The only known original Edison sales data sadly ends at May 1908, so the Fireside is not included. I'm not aware that anyone has gathered data on the Fireside (highest known serials on the A and on the B would be a great start), but perhaps someone will chime in here.

Best of luck,
George P.

Hi George P, thanks for your answer

I have a Fireside, numbered 97755. There have GOT to be enough people with enough of the Model A and Model B machines to get serial data on them.

VanEpsFan1914 wrote:I have a Fireside, numbered 97755. There have GOT to be enough people with enough of the Model A and Model B machines to get serial data on them.

But those people need to respond, and to indicate whether their Fireside is a Modal A or Model B.

I have a Model A, No.18657.

The most helpful information would be the highest number for a Model A, and the lowest AND highest numbers for a Model B.

George P.

I have two:

Model A: SN# 16667
Model B: SN# 113230

My Firesides:
Model A: 14845
Model A: 39837
Model A: 98850
Model A: 99459
Model B: 102307

A no. 1941
A no. 44181

Fireside A - 34685

Serial Nos 103690, 117989

Both model Bs
Alistair.