If anyone would know, it'd be Ron D. and Ray W.! My DD console is model BC-34. It has a wooden provision behind the grille for storing a reproducer assembly, but I guess I thought this was for safe-keeping during transportation. Perhaps the BC-34 was a late model intended to be easily fitted with the LP mods. How I wish I had the mods -- I have a pristine 10" LP DD (Manon Selections, etc., purchased from Les Docks, so it's the one in the picture!) that I would love to play, and would have collected many more by now if I were able to play them. 24 minutes of uninterrupted Edison sound (with occasional winding, of course); ah, heaven! Anyone know where I might find the mods? Can it be done fairly easily?
Technically, even though they were compilations for dealers, it looks like Mr. Thomas A. indeed gave the fledgling industry its very first albums, as we think of them today and have since the early 50's. I wonder what came first, Edison's 12" demo discs or the earliest Victor Sound Effects Library records. No matter; at 78 rpm, the Victors couldn't have held full length selections anyway. On this topic, I do have some Victor Program Transcription Dealer Demos with multiple full-length selections, but Edison's LP's predate the Victor LP's by what, 6 years? Victor PT's don't have visible 'black holes' between the cuts, anyway. Hope you cylinder folks didn't mind the temporary foray into disc-land! Best, Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Medved" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 10:56 AM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Edison phono question Hi, I thought these were added because Edison was planning on making regular, not LP 12 inch records. Here is a message from Ron D: . the 10 and 12 buttons on later Edison DD machines were designed to place the reproducer on the rim of ten and 12 inch DD's. The buttons appear to have been added around 1923 when Edison was planning on releasing 12 inch regular Diamond Discs. This never came to pass, but the buttons are useful in positioning the LP reproducer on 10 and 12 inch Edison LP's. Hold the proper button down and the horn and reproducer will swing into proper relationship with the record size chosen. Ron Hi list: I was in an antique shop the other day and ran across an Edison diamond disk player. It had a feature That I hadn't seen before. At the left of the works, between the platter and bedplate were 2 buttons that had a "10" and the other had a "12" on it. I presume it has something to do with the speed or size of record to be played. Any information and response explaining this feature would be appreciated. thanks in advance Bob _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list [email protected] Phono-L Archive http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/
