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Well the FedEx truck came this morning and delivery the Edison 2-clip Standard I bought from Grant Kornberg. I quickly unpacked it and played a cylinder. It is an absolutely beautiful all original machine if I say so myself. Thank you Grant for the great packing job.

Rich Gordon

Rich,

That was indeed a nice machine. Grant is a super-conscientious seller with great stuff.

But even more important is your spreading the word. All too often people only voice complaints, but from past experience I know you are just the opposite.

Stay well,

Raphael

Beautiful machine Rich,,, can you tell me if all the 2 clip machines had a gear cover??

Blizz

fmblizz wrote:Beautiful machine Rich,,, can you tell me if all the 2 clip machines had a gear cover??

Blizz

No they didn’t. The earliest machines did not have a gear covers. As machines were build there was a mix of machines with and without gear covers. As far as I know the highest serial number Model A without a gear cover is 4918.

Rich Gordon

Thanks for your kind words, Rich. And thank you too, Raphael. Sentiments from both of you are very much appreciated.

--Grant

That is a stunningly clean and nice 2-clip Standard. Thanks for showing it!

That is either an expert refinish or the cleanest original I've seen in a long, long time. How did it survive all those years looking so good?

Hope it sounds as nice as it looks.

That is either an expert refinish or the cleanest original I've seen in a long, long time. How did it survive all those years looking so good?

Looks like the photo's from the auction do a better job of showing the actual color of the finish.
My assessment is that it is 100% original.

Bob S.

Here’s a video of the machine playing a 2-min. brown wax cylinder.

Rich Gordon

https://youtu.be/kByegzzXMNQ

Very nice example, Rich! In the video it looks like you may have a type 2 patent plate (last patent May 31, 1898) - is that what it is? If you don't mind sharing the serial number, I'd love to add it to the the Standard Data project. Have fun with it!

Martin