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Seek lid scans of Edison 2 min. Grand Opera cylinders
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2026 7:20 pm
by phonospud
This may be a long shot but nothing ventured nothing gained right?
Looking for good pics or scans of the following Edison Grand Opera 2 minute cylinder lids:
B1
B7
B9
B13
B16
B39
B112
Thanking anyone in advance who can help me out before I resort to AI.
Cheers,
Darren
Re: Seek lid scans of Edison 2 min. Grand Opera cylinders
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2026 8:32 pm
by drh
Here's B39.
Re: Seek lid scans of Edison 2 min. Grand Opera cylinders
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2026 8:41 pm
by phonospud
Thank you kind sir!!!!! Very much appreciated!!!
Re: Seek lid scans of Edison 2 min. Grand Opera cylinders
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2026 7:39 pm
by phonospud
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:
Re: Seek lid scans of Edison 2 min. Grand Opera cylinders
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2026 8:23 pm
by drh
phonospud wrote: Tue Apr 07, 2026 7:39 pm
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 "system". 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:
Here are originals for two of them that you added since last night (and this time I'll try not to duplicate them in the other thread!):
By the way, I think your AI went off the rails regarding Pintucci; his first name was Angelo, not Angiola.
Re: Seek lid scans of Edison 2 min. Grand Opera cylinders
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2026 3:07 pm
by phonospud
lol! That was probably me spelling his name wrong! Thank you so much for the scans and information! It’s very much appreciated!!
Re: Seek lid scans of Edison 2 min. Grand Opera cylinders
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2026 8:40 pm
by drh
phonospud wrote: Wed Apr 08, 2026 3:07 pm
lol! That was probably me spelling his name wrong! Thank you so much for the scans and information! It’s very much appreciated!!
Glad I could be of help! The problem with Angelo Pintucci's name probably was force of habit:
Victrola
Electrola
Claxtonola
Vitanola
Amberola
Grafonola
Angiola
Re: Seek lid scans of Edison 2 min. Grand Opera cylinders
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2026 1:05 pm
by phonospud
LOL!!!!!