A book I have say that the Crescent was a lateral machine so the arm or at least the end with the reproducer may not be (probably is not) original. Crescent records were made by Pathe who, in error made them vertical cut, but to be played with a needle ala Aeolian, rather than with a ball stylus ala Pathe. This is one reason the phono company didn't last.
Ron L -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Glenn Longwell Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 9:46 PM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: [Phono-L] Crescent Silvertone Came home today with a Crescent Talking Machine Co. "Silvertone" phonograph. Somewhat rough shape but was interested in it because they distributed the Crescent line of vertical cut records in the teens. So it comes with a swivel tonearm to play both lateral and vertical. Anyone have any literature from this company showing the various models of phonographs they produced? I'd love a scan of anything anyone has for my research on these companies dealing with vertical cut records. October has been vertical month. Have ended up with about 75 vertical cut records this month from the obscure brands (not Pathe, Edison, Okeh, Paramount) and now the Crescent phonograph. Life is good... Thanks, Glenn _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
