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I recently acquired an Edison Fireside B. It came with a complete Standard 1-footed crane, a black Standard horn, and also an earlier Hawthorne & Sheble heavy-duty crane and a Tiz-it connector as a bonus. I looked underneath and found that there were screw holes for a missing crane balancing foot, (plus a cool partial label). I am lucky enough to have found a complete Fireside 2-footed crane earlier, as well as a blue flowered Babson Brothers horn. So I installed the two footed crane and added the blue horn. (I think that the horn is of a different type and smaller than the original blue flowered horn would have been, but I like the results).

Not the correct crane for the machine, but at least its "period correct"..

Your horn is a nice one... Is that a Tea Tray or H&S Horn with the wonderful Babson Dealers decal?? Sweet find along with the machine..

I think that I would hunt for the correct crane though and relegate the current crane and foot to another machine that may need it...but that's just me..


Nice score on all of the items..

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Tony K.

Edison/Collector Restorer

Antique Phonograph Accessories and Contraptions, Page 61:

The Tea Tray Company made these horns for Babson Brothers.

I'm glad the book came in handy.

Nice setup, Mike!

George P.