Hi Bill, What type of gaskets does it have? I believe Edison started to use cork in 1924 so it should have cork gaskets as the Dance came out in March 1926. Secondly, what is the serial number? Reproducers that were converted to an Edisonic have the regular serial number which begins with a letter followed by NS for New Standard. I saw a Dance reproducer on eBay with the serial number LD xxx NS, this made me wonder. It could be that Edison rebuilt it for the owner and used the parts available. I had a Model H that came with cork gaskets and I can send you the photo of a model H that still had the Edison repair tag.
Are you looking for a reproduction bracket? If so I believe Ron Sitko still sells them. Steve >Hi all! > >I hope everyone had a happy and safe New Year. Perhaps someone can help me >out here. I recently acquired a Dance reproducer. It appears to be >untouched since it left the factory. No the odd thing is, the diaphragm >inside is of the standard Edison type, and there is no spring that joins >the top of the reproducer to that crossbar that is at the top of the sound >tube(nor was there ever, it appears, and no provision for it) I have >rebuilt several of these over the years, and they all had the spring loaded >diaphragm. Does anyone know if this was perhaps the way it was issued(we >all know old Tom was tight) during the time of the introduction of the >Edisonic? I would like to restore it to it's original configuration, but I >can find no outlet that offers the proper diaphragm or the spring. Any and >all help would be appreciated. I also am in need of a Victor tone-arm rear >bracket for a Victor IV thru VI. >Regards, Bill >_______________________________________________ >Phono-L mailing list >Phono-L@oldcrank.org > >Phono-L Archive >http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/
