Hi Clint, I think you may be thinking of Al Gerlichtin of Bloomfield, NJ but as far as I know he never worked for Edison. But he had a whale of a lot of phonograph machines & stuff in his basement around back of his house, That was the place to go way back in the 60's & 70's to get Phono's & parts. Hope that helps !
Jim G. -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Clint Spaar" <clint....@gmail.com> > Originality is when you could buy phonographs, cylinders, and parts > from guys that worked with Edison... > I remember going with my mother back in the ealy 1970's sometime I > think around 1972 to a house in East Orange, NJ, She was looking for > Concert cylinders, since she just acquired a Concert player from her > great grandmother. An antique dealer told her the only place she > would probably find some good concert cylinders was from these guys > who lived in East Orange, NJ, they had worked in Edisons factory, and > still had a basement full of phonographs, cylinders and parts. I > remember going too the house, around back, and going down the cellars > stairs, and there in the basement were shelves of Edison phongraphs, > and boxes & boxes of cylinders, and parts. I was only 12 then, so I > couldn't really understand the magnitude of all of this, but my mother > did pick up 4 concert cylinders, a tube of Edison gear oil, and an > Edison phonograph catalogue, and my brother & I bought about 10 black > regular cylinders to play on a Standard we had bought. Maybe someone > here on the list might have some further information about these guys? > I'm sure they are long gone, they were both in theri golden years > back then. > > Clint > > > > Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:44:46 EDT > > From: ClockworkHome at aol.com > > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Collectibles - How's That For Originality? > > To: phono-l at oldcrank.org > > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > > > Yes, originality is the desired goal and is getting more difficult to find > > as > > time goes by. I feel sorry for the newbies entering the hobby today who > > strive for this. Just this month on eBay was a "never been played brown wax > > record" in a ratty Gold Molded box and an Edison Electric Phonograph which > > is > an M > > motor base with a late Model A Triumph topworks that has craftsman added > > idler > > pulleys to the topworks but with no pulley stanchions and a serial number > > on > > a patent plate way to high. > > > > I really do miss the golden days when I would answer an ad for a phonograph > > in the newspaper. One was for an Amberola DX which I still own. It read > > simply Edison Amberola $275 which in 1965 was rather high but I called and > went > > anyway. The very old couple selling the machine had it sitting on a curved > front > > Hertzog matching oak record cabinet full of desirable titles of Blue > > Amberols. I asked them what they wanted for the cabinet and they said > > nothing > since > > it went with the phonograph. I told them the combination was worth much > > more. > > They simply would not take more than $275. As I was packing my new > > treasures > > I asked what was so special about the figure $275 and they responded that > > was > > what the vet's bill was for their cocker spaniel to get a new gold tooth! > > > > Regards to All and may all your finds be rare ones... > > > > Al > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
