Dear Al: Thanks for your serial number Mr. Menashe. Now we have a real mystery. The highest number Home E I have recorded is around 405000 while the last Home F I have recorded is around 407000 showing the slowing of Edison sales as outside horn cylinder phonograph production came to a close. With your serial number of 983521 and the machine on eBay with 994618 that would give a span of 11097 phonographs. That in itself raises some questions since production numbers were not likely near this figure. So the mystery deepens... but I am leaning toward the drunken patent plate stamper theory put forth by Steve. OR, could these machines have been unsold and set aside for ICS use with a separate serial number run? Thanks again everyone, Al Edison Collector
************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com From [email protected] Sat Oct 27 08:40:03 2007 From: [email protected] (Albert) Date: Sat Oct 27 08:45:25 2007 Subject: [Phono-L] Re:: Edison Home E on eBay w/ impossible serial number References: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <001601c818af$b0aefaa0$6401a...@home> Al, I led you down a mysterious path. It was my eyes, I checked again with a magnifier the nine is really a three. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 10:00 PM Subject: [Phono-L] Re:: Edison Home E on eBay w/ impossible serial number > Dear Al: > > Thanks for your serial number Mr. Menashe. Now we have a real mystery. > The > highest number Home E I have recorded is around 405000 while the last Home > F I > have recorded is around 407000 showing the slowing of Edison sales as > outside > horn cylinder phonograph production came to a close. > > With your serial number of 983521 and the machine on eBay with 994618 that > would give a span of 11097 phonographs. That in itself raises some > questions > since production numbers were not likely near this figure. > > So the mystery deepens... but I am leaning toward the drunken patent > plate > stamper theory put forth by Steve. OR, could these machines have been > unsold > and set aside for ICS use with a separate serial number run? > > Thanks again everyone, > > Al > Edison Collector > > > > > ************************************** See what's new at > http://www.aol.com > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.19/955 - Release Date: 8/15/2007 > 4:55 PM >
