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This gentleman from the Salvation Army has his Edison Standard equipped for a concert, using a large horn on a stand.
No doubt the music which he has selected for his audience will be wholesome and uplifting.

Lots of hymns, I expect....

epigramophone wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2024 3:56 am This gentleman from the Salvation Army has his Edison Standard equipped for a concert, using a large horn on a stand.
No doubt the music which he has selected for his audience will be wholesome and uplifting.

I am not a huge fan of 'Salvation Army' type recordings but I do have a few early Zonophone /Regal 78 records which are, to me, amazing. I can't remember the exact titles but things like 'Bringing In The Sheaves, Down By The River, Hold The Fort' etc. They 'stop me in my tracks' and I am truely transported back in time, so to speak, when I hear them.

Anyway, I wonder. There seem to be some covered up cylinder holes in the lid and 'base' areas and I wonder what these are. Maybe they are unused holes and if you want to place a cylinder in there you have to peel back the covering ?

epigramophone wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2024 3:56 am
No doubt the music which he has selected for his audience will be wholesome and uplifting.

"Uncle Josh & Aunt Nancy Put Up the Kitchen Stove"

JerryVan wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2024 12:10 pm

epigramophone wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2024 3:56 am
No doubt the music which he has selected for his audience will be wholesome and uplifting.

"Uncle Josh & Aunt Nancy Put Up the Kitchen Stove"

No, "The Preacher and the Bear."

Oh, and maybe those covered compartments were where he kept his hidden whiskey flasks? Ahem!

An old DJ hired for a party with the complete outfit...