Let us know what you find, and what is the finish and serial number on it? The serial number should be in pencil on the box. I think the reason you would not want to use an Edisonic on the black label is the surface on the war time ones were not as good and the sound would be bad and since the quality was not as good damage could also occur.
Ron said a San Fran dealer dumped his whole stock in the bay after Edison went out of business, and that someone rescued a number of reproducers: Commercial DD's were sold for several years by dealers and Edison distributors. Although there is the sad case of Edison's San Francisco distributor that was told to me by Ward Harris, an Ediphone and VoiceWriter distributor. The whole stock from the DD distributorship was boated out into San Francisco Bay and dumped over board. Harris was able somehow to rescue a few cases of Edisonic reproducers which he sold for years thereafter. > uh oh. I bought a new-old-stock Edisonic, too ... also for $125, but > around > 1983. I don't recall > from WHOM, though. I must find it & look at the diamond; I never used it > much but came to the > conclusion that the Edisonic couldn't be used on earlier records because > it > injured them. I've been trying to figure out where I read that the > Edisonic > should be used only on 'white label' Diamond Discs, and perhaps it was in > the dealer's own catalogue.
