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Post by fixinmyphono19 on Jan 4, 2015 20:01:42 GMT -5
Hello I recently picked up a A-250 machine and was wondering what the grill cloth color was . Does anyone know? Thanks
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Post by lucius1958 on Jan 5, 2015 1:26:53 GMT -5
According to Frow's "The Edison Disc Phonographs and Diamond Discs", only the most expensive of the A series machines (excluding the A-100) were fitted with grille cloth: hence the practice of grain-painting the horn.
It is not certain whether this extended to the 250 model: but if you examine the back of the grille carefully, you may be able to determine if there are traces of original cloth. (That said, I do have a very early A-80 which appears to have traces of original grille cloth: but then, it may have been surplus stock that was 'modernized' and sold off a few years later).
At some time in 1915, grille cloth became standard, and was generally a golden-brownish silk finish for oak machines, and a greenish-gold for mahogany...
BillS
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