I suspect the reproducer you describe is a Standard Speaker. Turn it over and look at the stylus bar. If it has both a cutting stylus and a hemispherical playback stylus then it is a Standard Speaker. The Standard Speaker was not labeled with Reproducer or Recorder because it was both. With such a low serial I would suspect it must be a Standard Speaker since anything below about 28000 was while over 28000 you are into the Automatic Speakers. Steve Medved would have a better handle on this than I. Your machines serial number is right in the middle of the Spring Motor machines which span approximately from 5900 to 29000 from what I have seen. If the motor has ball weights on the governor and a square drive crank shaft on the winder then it is original. With such a low motor number this should be the case. Here Terry Baer has a list of motor numbers and machines on his web site. To me your motor number does sound correct and is comparable with machines with which I am familiar. Serial numbers on the Spring Motor followed the M & E electrics. Your topworks should have the two stanchions on the left side where the idler pulleys directed the leather drive belt to the motor pulley. I state the above comments because of late I have seen two "Spring Motor" machines that were conglomerations of later parts, both being passed off as original. One had a serial number well into the Triumph A machines and the other had a cylindrical weight, screw-on crank, Triton motor from a later era. Hope that helps, I will have to see photos of the holes you describe to compare them with what might have been their purpose. Usually on the M & E electric machines the letter only appeared on the governor assembly. Al That Crazy Edison Guy...
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