When George and I did the 1976 Edison cylinder phonograph book the printer missed some text. I don't think it appeared when George did the expanded Companion book.
The Model A Standard used a pin crank engagement. The motor was held *up against* the bedplate with screws through rubber grommets to lessen vibration transmission. The speed control was up through the bedplate on top. The cabinet is shorter than the later B. All Model A Standards in the 'new style cabinet of 1901' have a banner transfer. The Model B Standard used a threaded engagement. The motor was *suspended on springs* from the bedplate. Since the motor was lower, the cabinet had to be increased in height for motor clearance from the cabinet floor. This brought about the 'tall Standard' Model B cabinet style. The speed control was made into a simple screw that did not extend about the bedplate. The Model B Standard only had the banner transfer for short time as the single word Edison replaced it in the summer of '06. The ICS Standard machines had the speed control knob on top of the bedplate all the way through the rest of the Standard line. They did this to allow for adjustment to the 90 RPM record speed. In 1975 I received what I thought was the galley copy of the book from George and immediately began editing. I called George a few days later with my erratum and he told me that was the final copy not a galley proof. As a result, there is one photograph of an Edison machine missing from that book and the idiot typesetter and page format person responsible for the Standard chapter never caught the mistake. The most common Edison cylinder machine made, the Standard Model B, appears nowhere in the book as a picture. And, now you know the rest of the story. Regards to all, Al PS: Variations from the above machine descriptions are likely kitchen table conglomerates, one of the confusing factors for Edison having so many interchangeable parts floating around through the last 110 years. eBay this last month had a Model B Home in a later D style cabinet, a Standard B in an A cabinet with the motor screwed down so it would fit, and a few other peculiar mutts, all listed as untouched originals. How sad we cannot contact the buyers any longer to send them a warning missive. _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
