I found a BC 34 console phonograph many years ago stuffed in the back room of an antique store with a bunch of old sewing machines. They didn't know what it was and sold it to me for $40.00. It was first phonograph and it got me started collecting. I still listen to it today as I work in my home office. Tom
-----Original Message----- From: phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org] On Behalf Of DanKj Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 12:11 PM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] The last word on Diamond Discs...I think Too bad you didn't get some pics of it - I wanted to see what made it seem such a mess. The solder is supposed to be there, as Ron L'H said, and if there was anything running into the horn it was just a volume control, which I remove anyway because it muffles the sound. The straps behind the slots sound correct, too. Except for the missing grill, how bad is the cabinet? You might be disappointed to learn that the few Edison table models are less common than floor models and they're HEAVY, awkward things. My Chalet weighs about 70 pounds, and my B-80 nearly as much. ----- Original Message ----- From: "ger" <ge...@comcast.net> > The poor London model of Edison's Diamond Disc machine looks like it had > been tortured. The vertical section was there afterall, but a cable, wood > block and some other things (part going into the horn) were missing. > Someone had SOLDERED the horn on th.... > > Needless to say, the machine still sits with the seller...who is now a bit > wiser, since I shared the photo and what I knew with her. She seemed not > at all disappointed and actually fascinated to learn something about the > poor mess. > > As for its WEIGHT. I've got an "AH-HAH!" I took the flashlight and checked > out the left side where the 24 slots for records was. I could see that 2, > that's TWO, thick metal weights were in place behind the slots. They went > across the back, one high, one low. \ > > > I will, however, now keep an eye out for an Edison (table model) which > could play my records _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
