There is an Idelia at the O.C. Lightener Museum (late publisher of Hobbies magazine) in St. Augustine, Fla., that has a presentation plaque affixed to it: "William Howard Taft with best wishes, Thomas A. Edison". It is a Model D #74910. Sorry for the disinformation re: the Idelia at Union . . . that is what I heard more than once.
> From: Zonophone2006 at aol.com > Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 09:22:34 -0400 > To: phono-l at oldcrank.org > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] ***SPAM*** Re: Edison Idelia at Union > > THATS A question terry baer can field also > he has a list of all the idelias made known to present > they are a great machine but nothing more than a glorified triumph > mine is in the 83000 range and is a d 2 > > > In a message dated 7/4/2008 5:08:08 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > valecnik57-purc at yahoo.com writes: > > I just wanted to confirm that Rene Rondeau is right. The Idelia at Union > and the one purchased from the Donleys, (currently at phonogalerie in > Paris) > are indeed two different machines. The one at Union is a B model with > endgate > and small carriage. The serial numbber is 66169. The one sold on eBAY and > now in Paris is a D2 with serial number 83307D2. It has a large carriage > for > an O reproduceer. > > Bruce Johnson > Pod Valem II, 870 > 252 43 Pruhonice > Czech Republic > > > Tel: (CZ) + 420 602 362 473 > Tel: (US) + 1 612 605 5242 > > > > .org > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > > > **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for > fuel-efficient used cars. > (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007) > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
