I happen to have Edison Home number H265. I've posted a few pictures at the following URL for reference. http://home.comcast.net/~jancur/phonos/home/home.html Thanks, John At 03:49 PM 12/21/2007, you wrote: >With thanks to several of the members on this list who assisted me >in my research, I'm happy to share my observations. > >What I find most interesting about "Home" No.902 is that a similar >"Home" only eight serial numbers above it sold on eBay last month >(11/28/07)! It had virtually all the same characteristics as this >one - even some extra holes in the cabinet! > >As for No.902, it has definitely experienced the attentions of a >"restorer."? As noted by others, the pinstripes are too wide, and >lack authenticity in form (particularly where it is supposed to >curve around the left rear corner of the mandrel) and incorrect >corner decorations (I've never seen them below the straight edge >before!). All that can be fixed, fortunately, along with the missing >speaker clamps and adjusting screw. The motor is most interesting, >but based on the single photo provided, few conclusions can be >drawn. It's noteworthy that the winding gear is not shown. I suspect >that it's no longer there, and the open "barrel" is the concoction >of an imaginative repairman - that would help explain the >counterclockwise winding. This too can be fixed with >readily-available parts, as our friend George Vollema can attest. > >The good news is that this is an eminently restorable - and very >early "Home." It's not the wonder-of-wonders depicted in the eBay >write-up, but it doesn't need all that fol-de-rol either. It's >No.902 for crying out loud - they don't get too much earlier than >that. Someone has written to the seller, correctly dating this >example to June 1897. It features a hemispherical weighted half-nut, >which has not been found on "Homes" after No.1265 (August >1897).(Conventional half-nuts have been seen on "Homes" as early as >No.138, No.158, and No.524.) It still retains its brass mandrel too. >The cabinet looks nice - perhaps with a modern top-coat of some sort >- and a good woodworker could repair the mysterious holes. > >Not a bad "project phonograph" at all - and when you're finished, >you'll have one of the earliest "Homes" around! > > > > > > George Paul > > > > > > > > > > > >________________________________________________________________________ >More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - >http://webmail.aol.com >_______________________________________________ >Phono-L mailing list >http://phono-l.oldcrank.org John Curry 5702 Parkview Lane Everett, WA 98203