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> On May 23, 2014, at 6:44 AM, Antique Phonograph List <[email protected]> > wrote: > > If anyone is interested in obtaining an excellent reproduction of a Tewksbury > Repeater for completing a coin-operated Edison Phonograph, the opportunity is > here. > > > The Tewksbury (or "Kansas") repeater was found in coin-operated phonographs > using an Edison upper works (primarily the Class M mechanism) for over a > decade (ca. 1894 - ca. 1905). See page 38 of "Discovering Antique > Phonographs" for an early example of an Edison coin-op using this repeater > from approx. 1894/95. On page 52 of the same book is an 1896/97 example from > the Empire State Phonograph Company. Finally, on page 81 of "A World of > Antique Phonographs" you can see a 1905 example of this repeater being used > in a British coin-op. > > > When the cabinets of these rare coin-operated phonographs turn up, they are > almost invariably missing the Tewksbury Repeater. You might think that the > chances of finding part of one of these machines is virtually nil, so why get > a repeater? That's what I thought too...until one of these incomplete > machines popped up less than an hour from my home! > > > Luckily for me, a kind collector (and friend) offered to lend out his rare > original Tewksbury Repeater for the purposes of having a few exact duplicates > crafted from it. The original is now in the hands of one of the most > talented machinists/craftsmen in our hobby and he is preparing to begin work > on them. > > > The estimate per unit right now is between $1500 - 2000, but the more we have > fabricated, the price will go down. If you have any interest in having one > of these repeaters on hand, either for your own use or for future > speculation, the time is now. For photos of an original Tewksbury Repeater, > see this thread on the Talking Machine Forum: > > > http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=14080 > > > By the way, I'm not looking to make any profit on this project beyond > economies of scale. We will all be paying the same price for these, and as > of today only two collectors have committed to purchasing a copy, so the > production will be small. After this group is built, the chances of > obtaining one will be virtually impossible. I know - - I tried for over a > year to get a copy made. > > > Please let me know if you're interested, and the sooner the better! > > > Thanks and best wishes to all, > > > George Paul > gpaul2000 (at) AOL (dot) com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
