Ooops ........ I guess Necessity is the mother of invention. Thanks for the reference.
This item does beg some questions though. Apparently the owner went through a lot of work to try to simulate the intent of Charles Edison's design and further "improving" on it with an electric motor. Interesting plumbing needed to feed the horns from both the front and back of reproducer. Probably did not produce too much volume from the MGM 78, however in reality, it must have presented some problems with loading both horns simultaneously. There must have been several reasons why Edison recording engineer J.P. Constable "viewed the experiments with amused detachment." Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Boruff" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:54 AM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Why Couldn't Edison Think of This? - THEY DID! > They did think of this! ! This is a prototype that Charles Edison > designed for use as an "out-of-doors phonograph" as he was seeking a > machine to play "more robusr" outdoor music. It is pictured with its > proper horn on page 46 of Frow's book on the Edison Disc Phonograph. > Bill Boruff > > > On Mar 10, 2008, at 9:14 PM, Robin & Joan Rolfs wrote: > >> Just when you think you've seen it all....... >> >> eBay # 120230759109 >> >> >> >> Rob >> >> Robin & Joan Rolfs >> Visit us at: >> www.audioantique.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > >
