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I am considering an Edison Standard at an estate sale but this horn
doesn't look like an Edison. It has 11 panels if that is any help. Thanks
for any info on identification.

Until several years into the 20th century (1908... is that correct?) the only horns sold with an Edison were the cone horns on the Gem and the 14" horn on the Standard and larger machines. Most dealers sold "after market" horns to their customers that desired a larger morning glory horn. Even when Edison offered larger horns, they were for the most part unimaginative black horns. To be fair, Edison offered wood grain horns, a maroon horn on the D and E Gems and a blue flowered morning glory horn on some Standards and Firesides. Surviving horns would indicate that the vast majority of Edison horns were black. (Wasn't Edison a mentor to Henry Ford? ... You could get a Model T in any color as long as it was black! (most years)

Thanks for the info Jerry. Just found out it was sold. It needed a lot of
parts and work to bring it up to par so I was hoping to hold out for a
better price. There are always more on the way in any case.

Jerry B. wrote:Until several years into the 20th century (1908... is that correct?) the only horns sold with an Edison were the cone horns on the Gem and the 14" horn on the Standard and larger machines. Most dealers sold "after market" horns to their customers that desired a larger morning glory horn.

1907 was the year they perked up the horn equipment, something that seems like it should have been done about 1905.

J