I believe the Dance reproducer would have had the collar on top of the upper shell, joined to a thick flange on the elbow/arm. The counter-weight on the Dance reproducer and the Edisonic are comparable. The Edisonic was introduced around 1927? (I think) and in addition to the heavier counter-weight had a spring-loaded stylus bar, to get as much volume out of the Diamond Disc groove as possible and compete with the fuller sound of the big acoustic Orthophonic Victors, Viva-Tonal Columbias and Brunswick Panatropes that had the exponential horns and more responsive sound boxes.
I don't know why they called it Edisonic (which is not necessarily a conjunction of Edison and electronic-- Sonic has its own meaning) unless possibly they were making reference to it being the ideal companion to the electrically recorded Diamond Discs. Andy Baron On Nov 29, 2006, at 2:59 PM, Daniel Melvin wrote: > Looks like a Dance reproducer to me. I'm not sure where the > Edisonic comes > from in the description. Aren't Edisonic electric phonographs? > > Dan Melvin > > > On 11/29/06, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Listers, >> >> Am i missing something with edisonic Reproducer??? >> >> >> http://cgi.ebay.com/NOS-Edison-Diamond-Disc-EDISONIC-reproducer-w- >> box_W0QQitemZ220052821260QQihZ012QQcategoryZ38029QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem >> >> Cheers, >> Mario >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> [email protected] >> >> Phono-L Archive >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ >> >> Support Phono-L >> http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank >> > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ > > Support Phono-L > http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank
