Dear Al, and list. I think the first Edison reproducers for the business phonos were identical to the regular ones, but did not have lettering. The later ones have shorter sound tubes. If anyone has information on early business phono reproducers or recorders I would be interested. I would love to hear the "Emerson Diamond Disk Victroler" Steve
> > Dear Steve and Anil:> > I tend to believe the statement that reproducer > > tops without serial numbers > may be from Edison Business Phonographs is > > true. I went to my business > machines and looked for the serials. They > > were stamped on the weights but not on the > tops on some of them.> > Steve > > thanks for all the great information. Your observations on things most > > > collectors pay no attention to is invaluable. Such a serious devotion to > > > detail is very helpful to collectors who strive for correctness and > > originality > rather than having a phonomutt.> > Few car collectors would > > parade out to a concourse d'elegnace a 1923-25-26-29 > "original" Packard! > > Yet with phonographs this seems to be OK. The worst > case I have ever seen > > was a put together machine by a collector friend in > Portland, Oregon. He > > saw an add in a local newspaper for an "Emerson Diamond Disk > Victroler" > > and decided to make a phonomutt from parts he had. The cabinet was > from a > > Columbia, the works was from an Amberola V, and the horn was a Magnavox > > > radio horn. Together it looked great and played like a million dollars. I > > > keep hoping to see it come up on eBay one of these days as "a fresh estate > > find > that looks almost new."> > Regards to All,> > 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 From [email protected] Fri Jul 27 20:24:37 2007 From: [email protected] (Hawthorn's Antique Audio) Date: Fri Jul 27 20:26:34 2007 Subject: [Phono-L] San Francisco Bound Message-ID: <006801c7d0c6$d49f2510$0600a...@tom> Hi Everyone, Anyone visiting San Francisco is welcome to make the 90 minute drive over to Roseville, and stop in for a personal visit. We really don't have much for sale here in person (remember, we are mail auction dealers) but we always enjoy meeting other collections. So if your plans include a trip to the Bay Area, please give us a call if you have the time to visit. We can offer a snack, a drink or a meal, and the opportunity to swap some interesting stories. Tom Hawthorn Hawthorn's Antique Audio www.thoseoldrecords.com [email protected] From [email protected] Sun Jul 29 12:45:20 2007 From: [email protected] (Mark Lynch) Date: Sun Jul 29 12:49:46 2007 Subject: [Phono-L] Orthophonic Driver for Victor 10-51 Message-ID: <[email protected]> I'm looking for a repalcement horn driver for a 10-51 Automatic Electrola. I posted a picture here: http://home.earthlink.net/~markelynch/Mark/Electrola/10-51%20Driver As you can see they suffer the same pot metal woes as other reproducers and parts of this era. These were also used on the later 8-60 and 9-40 in place of the U shaped permanent magnet type horn driver. Let me know if you have one or parts for one for sale. Lind Regards, Mark
