The standard speaker, automatic reproducer and automatic recorder all shared serial numbers. 210,000 is the highest serial number I know of. NL was the standard speaker with the rod attached to the recessed plate to prevent accidental erasure when used in conjunction with a special carriage. When you adjust the arm the volume increases as the cutting stylus begins to sink into the grooves of the record. I was surprised at how well it recorded. The earliest automatic reproducers I have seen have a blank arm and the long hinge pin that the standard speaker used. The tops are mostly interchangeable, some have a tang coming out of the threads of the body to protect the orientation of the top which has a notch in it so the serial numbers are always on the top. The standards speaker should not have wording on the body. Steve
> From: ClockworkHome at aol.com> Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:29:08 -0400> To: > phono-l at oldcrank.org> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Edison Spring Motor> > 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...> > > > **************Get fantasy > football with free live scoring. Sign up for > FanHouse Fantasy Football > today. > (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)> > _______________________________________________> Phono-L mailing list> > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
