Greetings Jerry: The following are my observations and again I defer to Steve's more accurate data collection and knowledge. Where I have not gotten it right he can correct me. I have a couple of questions on your N weight "L", what is the finish of the weight? My lyre grille IA in the low 300's has an L reproducer with a tiger striped weight to match the body. My IA with the scroll grille serial number just under 700 also has the same L reproducer. Other than that the weight is identical in construction to the flat weight N reproducers. Does your weight have the swivel on the stylus with the V lugs to center the stylus bar tail? Does it have a spring between the stylus bar and the diaphragm over the link? I have never seen an original that did not have the spring though they may exist. On page 140 of the Frow/Sefl book you can see my earliest L reproducer. I have three L's with one having the nickel finish but it is still stamped L. I would suspect yours was a replacement weight from a repair if there is no spring and the stylus bar does not have the spring catch soldered on. If it had a low serial number below 200 and has the V lug with stylus swivel then it could have been a very early weight that was not sent back for repairs at the factory. Since I have never seen an early L with an N still stamped on the weight and your serial is so high (for the L & M bodies) I would have suspicions about the originality of your N/L. But, as with all things Edison there is always the anomaly to throw you a curve. Kindest Regards, Al
************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour From [email protected] Tue Jul 24 15:53:02 2007 From: [email protected] (John Maeder) Date: Tue Jul 24 15:54:39 2007 Subject: [Phono-L] Re: Edison Reproducers - Amberola IA In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> I am fortunate enough to have an example of the earliest type of L reproducer. This type has a flattened fishtail weight, entire reproducer is oxidized finish. No V-guide or swivel for stylus, no spring loading of stylus. Diaphragm is copper with concentric rings. S/N 1012. This reproducer is mounted on my Amberola IA, S/N 2. All the best, John >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: Antique Phonograph List <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Phono-L] Re: Edison Reproducers - Amberola IA >Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:26:18 EDT > >Greetings Jerry: > >The following are my observations and again I defer to Steve's more >accurate >data collection and knowledge. Where I have not gotten it right he can >correct me. > >I have a couple of questions on your N weight "L", what is the finish of >the >weight? My lyre grille IA in the low 300's has an L reproducer with a >tiger >striped weight to match the body. My IA with the scroll grille serial >number >just under 700 also has the same L reproducer. Other than that the weight >is >identical in construction to the flat weight N reproducers. Does your >weight >have the swivel on the stylus with the V lugs to center the stylus bar >tail? >Does it have a spring between the stylus bar and the diaphragm over the >link? >I have never seen an original that did not have the spring though they may >exist. > >On page 140 of the Frow/Sefl book you can see my earliest L reproducer. I >have three L's with one having the nickel finish but it is still stamped L. > I >would suspect yours was a replacement weight from a repair if there is no >spring and the stylus bar does not have the spring catch soldered on. If >it had a >low serial number below 200 and has the V lug with stylus swivel then it >could >have been a very early weight that was not sent back for repairs at the >factory. Since I have never seen an early L with an N still stamped on the >weight >and your serial is so high (for the L & M bodies) I would have suspicions >about the originality of your N/L. But, as with all things Edison there is >always >the anomaly to throw you a curve. > >Kindest Regards, > >Al > > > > >************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL >at >http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour >_______________________________________________ >Phono-L mailing list >http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
