In a message dated 3/9/2008 7:45:42 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Dear John, The box the attachment came in is marked "Edison Needle-Cut Attachment" & the soundbox (reproducer) has what appears to be an aluminum diaphragm. Its case is nickel plated & on the back it says in letters "EDISON" in smaller letters it says"Orange, N.J.," & "Made in U.S.A." There is also a facsimile of Edison's famous signature. On the front there is a large script "E" on the diaphragm cover over the stylus bar & a cut out ligthtening bolt cut on either side. On a twelve inch 78, when I lower the horn to engage the feed gear in the far right position by the time the record has played the horn has swung to the left & the tracking is absolutely terrible. Does anyone have instructions put out by the Edison company for using this attachment when was obviously manufactured by them & probably included with the Edison models? Hi Jim, The reproducer you describe was made for the early "uncatalogued" needle-cut portables and is a beautifully made reproducer. The machines themselves were made by the "Prime" manufacturing Co. and I think the reproducer was certainly Edison-made. But I was not aware that the Edison Co. actually made the adapter to enable needle-cut records to be played on a diamond disc machine. There was an adapter made by Edison in 1914 as noted in Frow's book but it apparently was removed after 1 year. And the reproducer that you describe wasn't made until 1928 or 1929. A picture of your adapter and box would be great. It would be very interesting to see whether Edison created another adapter in 1928 or later. ---Art Heller **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001) From [email protected] Sun Mar 9 23:48:17 2008 From: [email protected] (Robert Wright) Date: Sun Mar 9 23:48:36 2008 Subject: [Phono-L] Shellac records and damage from steel needles References: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> It would stand to reason that once Edison had started manufacturing needle-cut discs, an adapter would've followed. What I don't know is when the needle-cuts began coming out, or if there were any 12" needle-cuts issued. I bring up the 12" issues because Edison himself doesn't seem like the type who would EVER have designed and issued an adapter to play anyone else's records (even if the company issued one in 1914), and if the later needle-cut adapter (assuming that's what it is) was designed to play a series of records that were never issued in 12" size, then perhaps there's no reliable way to use this later adapter to play anything but 10". Just throwing some ideas out there. Best, Robert ----- Original Message ----- > Hi Jim, > The reproducer you describe was made for the early "uncatalogued" > needle-cut > portables and is a beautifully made reproducer. The machines themselves > were made by the "Prime" manufacturing Co. and I think the reproducer was > certainly Edison-made. But I was not aware that the Edison Co. actually > made the > adapter to enable needle-cut records to be played on a diamond disc > machine. > There was an adapter made by Edison in 1914 as noted in Frow's book but > it > apparently was removed after 1 year. And the reproducer that you > describe > wasn't made until 1928 or 1929. A picture of your adapter and box would > be > great. It would be very interesting to see whether Edison created another > adapter > in 1928 or later. > > ---Art Heller
