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I wanted to take a moment and post some pics of my newest Machine. a 1903 Edison Standard A. I cleaned and regreased the spring today, rebuilt the reproducer, and i cleaned the plate with GoJo, thanks to the tip of fellow members of this forum, it came out very nice. The Horn is a original 14" Brass Bell horn, I also cleaned the cabinet with the gojo, and it cleaned it very well, Its a Green tiger oak cabinet. The gojo realy worked great years of old dirt and cigar smoke and who knows what else came off the woodwork. The banner is in great shape to. I did polish the Brass on the horn. I recently bought this and 20 cylinders for 200.00. not a bad price, and i think it came out well. Took me most of the morning to clean and restore it. Let me know what you think.

Wow, that machine looks pristine for a 108 year old Standard. Look at that exceptional condition of the Banner logo on it, that is unreal !! I believe this is a later type of Model A actually at least from 1904 or later as the swing arm is down just below the mandrel shaft bearing to clip around the end of the straight edge.

Nice one - and quite a bargain!

Nice Standard, Victrolaman! It cleaned up very nicely! Could you tell me the serial number and last patent date?

solophoneman: is there more than one style of swing arm on the New style case machines made after November 1901? I had assumed that after they switched from the straight-across arm in the 4 Clip models that the angle was the same in all the machines afterward.

Regards,
Martin

Hi, the last patent date is 1903 on the plate. Serial number is 164317. It came out very well, that GoJo does a great job if not better than the Kotton Kleanser and its half the price. I was quite pleased with the results.

In further checking I believe you are correct. The only brief change was in 1901 when for a short time period the carrier arm lift lever was replaced by a push button stud. In 1901 The angle was changed to the swing arm that was angled down just below the mandrel shaft to clip around the end of the straight edge casting, so this machine could indeed be earlier then 1904. Can you tell by the serial number ??

In further checking I believe you are correct. The only brief change was in 1901 when for a short time period the carrier arm lift lever was replaced by a push button stud. In 1901 The angle was changed to the swing arm that was angled down just below the mandrel shaft to clip around the end of the straight edge casting, so this machine could indeed be earlier then 1904. Can you tell by the serial number ??

That's a relief! I've been keeping a database and if there is a variation I've been missing it. As far I can tell the earliest New case type was around # 44076 (there are a couple of exceptions to that) and the earliest last patent date of Nov. 17, 1903 is # 105182. For comparison's sake, the last Standard A I've seen is # 240030.

Again, cool machine! Thanks for posting this.

-Martin

Very nice machine. This model makes a good demonstration machine. They always work when you play for somebody!

Thanks for the nice comments all, i apreciate your kind words.

martinola wrote:

In further checking I believe you are correct. The only brief change was in 1901 when for a short time period the carrier arm lift lever was replaced by a push button stud. In 1901 The angle was changed to the swing arm that was angled down just below the mandrel shaft to clip around the end of the straight edge casting, so this machine could indeed be earlier then 1904. Can you tell by the serial number ??

That's a relief! I've been keeping a database and if there is a variation I've been missing it. As far I can tell the earliest New case type was around # 44076 (there are a couple of exceptions to that) and the earliest last patent date of Nov. 17, 1903 is # 105182. For comparison's sake, the last Standard A I've seen is # 240030.

Again, cool machine! Thanks for posting this.

-Martin

The last patent date on my Standard A is May 31, 1898, but the serial number is 126536. I would have assumed that it would be 1903 or earlier. Why is there a difference ?