Hello Al and list, It looks like it has a standard speaker that has been converted to an automatic. The top has a serial number of 18xxx but it has the round weight from an automatic reproducer.
I examined a standard speaker with a serial number of 10xxx, it had the pin removed from the top. The hinge had a slot machined in it and it has the thin automatic weight. The body has no letters. It has the long original hinge pin. The slot or cut in the hinge was machined by a skilled machinist. On the automatic reproducer the slot that is cut in the hinge is plated, on this one it is not as it started out as a standard speaker. My question, did Edison upgrade standard speakers to automatics? This is the third one I have seen like it. Best regards, Steve > Do not play a good record on it yet. That machine will likely have the > Standard Speaker with both recording and playback stylus. A black wax record > with deeper grooves can have the recording stylus hit the top of peaks of > adjacent grooves. > > BTW - CONGRATULATIONS on rescuing this rare phonograph. > > Al > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
