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On Mar 4, 2012, at 9:55 AM, john robles <[email protected]> wrote: > Bill, what's the serial number? > > > > ________________________________ > From: Bill Taney <[email protected]> > To: Antique Phonograph List <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 3, 2012 11:31 PM > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Edison Standard A versus B Model > > Mine is in the short (green) oak case, the motor has the external speed > control and is held up against the bed plate/no springs and it has a > threaded crank. > Bill > > > On 3/3/12 11:24 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
