Regarding the crank on Standards. My Standard A has the slotted crank as I thought they all did. So I checked Frow's book and he also says the A had a slotted crank. The Standard B's had threaded cranks. Is it possible your banner machine is the early Standard B that had the banner? My early B with banner has the threaded crank. The easiest way to tell if you have an A or B banner is whether the speed control knob is present above the bedplate on the front left of the machine. If it's there it's a Standard A. The B is also taller but that's not easy to tell if you don't have both machines to compare.
Glenn ________________________________ From: Bill Taney <[email protected]> To: Antique Phonograph List <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, March 3, 2012 7:21:18 AM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] eBay Shilling?? It's probably someone who doesn't know what the machine is worth, they both have lots of feedback (the bidders). I can't imagine paying more than 500 bucks for that machine. The one interesting thing of note is that it has a slotted crank, not threaded. My banner standard A has a threaded crank and so have all the others I have seen. It must be relatively early. On 3/3/12 6:01 AM, "George Glastris" <[email protected]> wrote: >No, he was bidding against someone else.......but not catching up. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "john robles" <[email protected]> >To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> >Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2012 3:21 AM >Subject: [Phono-L] eBay Shilling?? > > >> Check this out..here is an Edison Standard going for over $1,000 on >>eBay. >> The interesting thing is, one bidder placed 13 consecutive bids within >>a >> few minutes, bidding against himself each time, and taking the price >>from >> $599 to $1000. I call shilling. What do you think?? >> John Robles >> >> PAT 1898 EDISON STANDARD PHONOGRAPH WORKING MOTOR! SEE MY VIDEO! 110+ >> YEARS OLD! >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.org > >_______________________________________________ >Phono-L mailing list >http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
