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This may be a big reach but nothing ventured nothing gained, right?

I’m looking for decent photos or scans of the following Edison 2 minute wax Grand Opera lids:

B 1, B 7, B 9, B 13, B 16, B 39, and B 112

If you can help me I would be very grateful!
Thanks in advance!

phonospud wrote: Mon Apr 06, 2026 6:51 pm This may be a big reach but nothing ventured nothing gained, right?

I’m looking for decent photos or scans of the following Edison 2 minute wax Grand Opera lids:

B7, B13, B16, and B 39

If you can help me I would be very grateful!
Thanks in advance!

This is weird. I posted a photo of B-39, and now it seems to have disappeared. So here we go again:

drh wrote: Mon Apr 06, 2026 8:59 pm This is weird. I posted a photo of B-39, and now it seems to have disappeared. So here we go again:

I think I can solve the mystery. You previously posted in Music Trader and now have posted in Music.

This scan is very much appreciated!! Thank you!!

jamiegramo wrote: Tue Apr 07, 2026 10:51 am

drh wrote: Mon Apr 06, 2026 8:59 pm This is weird. I posted a photo of B-39, and now it seems to have disappeared. So here we go again:

I think I can solve the mystery. You previously posted in Music Trader and now have posted in Music.

Oops.

So I tried AI to make up missing lids....
I've been using AI extensively with cylinder music box tune sheet restoration, so I thought that this might not be as hard as I thought. The lids use a "pattern". There's always (or at least with the 2 dozen of these that I have with original lids) 5 lines on each lid:
line 1: Catalog number: No. B. ___ now some have a dot after the number, some do not.
line 2: Title of selection
Line 3: Origin of selection
Line 4: Type of solo (baritone, soprano tenor, etc...) and language it's sung in
Line 5: Artist(s)

Using an original lid as a font guide I used AI to create the following lids I needed. It's not absolutely perfect, but they're pretty darned close, and once they are shrunk and printed to 1.750" in diameter, hey, it's better than a kick in the bum!

I didn't realize I have 4 loose lids that were incorrect for my cylinders. I might try to steam off the other crap.

To save you the trouble of looking it up, no. 18 is Questa o quella from Verdi's Rigoletto, sung by Romeo Berti in Italian.