Hi Mario, Some reproducers are harder to find like the gold and antique finish Dance and the square weight Edisonic and this is the first square weight NOS Edisonic I have seen. This is serial number F-75662-NS which means that Edison converted it over from a regular reproducer to an Edisonic. For $6.75 plus your old reproducer Edison would give you an Edisonic, saving you $12.75 off of the $19.50 cost of the Edisonic. Edison then took the old reproducer and installed a larger limit loop, the thicker diaphragm and the new heavy weight. Since this one has a high serial number I would guess that Edison converted it from unsold stock. The early square weight Edisonic is harder to find than the Dance in my experience. One of the antique finish Edisonic reproducers I have is F 80885 NS while my antique finish square weight is F 79001 NS. I do not know if all the square weights were converted ones, but they are hard to find. I read that when Edison went out of business in 1929 a San Francisco dealer threw his entire stock into the bay, except for some Edisonic reproducers that were rescued and NOS and sold for years. Rare items such as NOS keep going up in value and who else knows of an NOS square weight nickel Edisonic? Edison reproducers have letters before the serial numbers: LG is long playEM is one with Duncan stopLD is the Danceno letters & A to F Regular DD reproducerEdison started out with just numbers and when he got so high (999999) he started over with an A and worked his way up. NS before the serial number EdisonicNS after the serial number Converted EdisonicYou could trade in a regular reproducer and $6.75 and save $12.75 on anEdisonic, Edison then modified the head with a larger limit loop and installed the heavy weight and thicker diaphragm on it.
> From: [email protected]> To: [email protected]> Date: Thu, 30 Nov > 2006 08:20:36 +1100> Subject: [Phono-L] Am I missing something here> > 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 From [email protected] Wed Nov 29 15:13:57 2006 From: [email protected] (Steven Medved) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:12:05 2006 Subject: [Spam?] [Phono-L] Am I missing something here Message-ID: <[email protected]> Hi Dan, I sent you photos off list of a Dance reproducer, let me know if you got them. Steve > 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 From [email protected] Wed Nov 29 15:18:54 2006 From: [email protected] (Steven Medved) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:12:05 2006 Subject: [Phono-L] Am I missing something here Message-ID: <[email protected]> Hi Andy, You are correct. Orthophonic Edisonic I always thought it was a way to take advantage of the Orthophonic reproducer name while using Edison's name.Steve > 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> From [email protected] Wed Nov 29 15:28:01 2006 From: [email protected] (bruce78rpm) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:12:05 2006 Subject: [Phono-L] Am I missing something here (Edisonic) References: <[email protected]> <001501c71409$e1b73550$6401a...@new> Message-ID: <004a01c7140e$037addf0$6401a...@custom> This is strange indeed, I wouldn't think an entire Edisonic Machine wouldn't go for that much. The bid is up there and there are two bidders who have forced it up to dizzying heights. One of them has only one ebay purchase to his credit, and that was $160.00 for a Piccadilly Players Diamond Disc. Strange, very Strange. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan K" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 5:58 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Am I missing something here >I paid $125 for my n-o-s Edisonic, about 10 years ago ... and mine still >has the string tied > around the box! That alone must be worth a couple hundred $$ . hehe > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > >>Hi Listers, > >>Am i missing something with edisonic Reproducer??? > > http://cgi.ebay.com/NOS-Edison-Diamond-Disc-EDISONIC-reproducer-w-box_W0QQitemZ220052821260 > > > >>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
