Terrific email--- totally agree Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 26, 2013, at 9:35 PM, Steven Medved <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 r o > 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. > http://www.hiddennj.com/2011/05/visiting-phillipsburgs-concrete-houses.html > http://www.hackettstownlife.com/forum/419740 > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
