Edison cared deeply for his customers, that is why the C H and K reproducers
along with the 2 and 4 minute recorders were still being made and sold in the
mid 1920's. By 1924 the recorder used the same box as the business recorder.
On November 10, 1925 Clarence Ferguson purchased a 2 minute recorder and a
Model C reproducer cup. The Model N continued to made for use in the
Amberola 5 6 8 and 10. When it was found the regular N did not work in the 5
and 6 he made the N-56 in June of 1913, an obsolete reproducer to play the
obsolete wax amberols on the new amberola machines. From the summer of 1901 to
the end of 1914 2,099,997 (at least) of the small top reproducers were made as
the B to K share serial numbers. From 1915 to 1929 around 19,000 C H K
reproducer were made for obsolete machines. That Edison still supported the
small carriage cylinder phongraphs in the 1920's is interesting. His company
continued to do reproducer repairs in the 1920's as well. The nickel p
lated copper diaphragm came out in 1915, cork gaskets in 1924. I own an H
reproducer with a nickel plated diaphragm and cork gaskets. I have a photo of
a repair tag for an H that was dated 10/10/23 with the dealers tag, the jobbers
tag, and the original owners stub along with the box it was shipped in. In
1923 someone was still using an H that the factory repaired. We all know that
the last Blue Amberols were made in lots of 100, Edison cared enough to provide
new songs for his small group of mail order cylinder record buyers until nearly
the end. When you think of all the things Edison did it is hard to imagine a
world without him. The poured concrete houses he built are still standing.
The spring washers on my 1917 C-250 bedplate still have their spring after 96
years. If Edison came back I think the thing that would amaze him the most is
that so many people still enjoy his favorite invention, the phonograph. Edison
was not perfect, neither am I. He had his ro
ugh side as we all do. I applaud all those who work together to make this
hobby more enjoyable, those who have written books, those who encourage
interest in young people like Nick and Melissa. I wish when I went to school
someone had cared enough to bring in a restored phonograph. What a way to make
history come alive.
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