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Post by wallace108 on Mar 28, 2017 23:53:06 GMT -5
Hey! I'm new here and I could really use the help of some experts in figuring out how much this Edison Disc Phonograph is worth for a friend of mine. It says A200 - serial number 4864, Blake and Burkhart Philadelphia - but it looks like this and there is someone on this board who has this as his avatar and says his is a C200: ![]()  Thanks so much for any direction!! |
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Post by lucius1958 on Mar 29, 2017 3:38:19 GMT -5
Yes: that is an A-200: however, the grille is from a C-200.
The A-200 had a grille similar to that of an A-150 (or Amberola III).
BillS
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Post by wallace108 on Mar 29, 2017 6:36:21 GMT -5
Ah, thanks! That's what I thought by just looking around, but I don't know anything about them.
So do you think someone must have hacked it together at some point? Or was it possibly sold this way?
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Post by lucius1958 on Mar 30, 2017 2:59:55 GMT -5
My educated guess is that the grille was "married" to the case at a later point.
According to Frow's book, there were only 3 completed A-200s left after the factory fire. The remaining stock of cases were fitted out with the later type B motor, and classified as B-200. The 'flattened urn' grille was not introduced until 1917.
Incidentally, is the motor single or double spring? Frow mentions that double spring motors may have been used for an unknown time in 1913-14. Also, does it have a "tone modifier" (mute), and if so, what type?
BillS
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Post by wallace108 on Mar 30, 2017 7:43:28 GMT -5
Thanks for the clarification and the extra info - I don't have that book; I am only just starting to learn so I don't know the answers to your questions either. Where would I look to be able to answer? I could take more photos.
We tried to open the back to take photos initially, by pulling on a little metal ring, but it seemed to be sealed either by rusty hinges (though they didn't look it) or maybe just the wood swelled over time. We didn't want to hurt it by forcing it open.
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