I know number 3 is in existence. I'll have to see if the owner wants to identify himself. It's a nice one. Michael Khanchalian ----- Original Message ----- From: <TAEdisonJR at aol.com> To: <phono-l at oldcrank.org> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 11:06 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Re: Earliest Surviving Serial Number for an EdisonSquare Top S... > > In a message dated 5/25/2007 10:54:41 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > antqflea at yahoo.com writes: > > I am wondering what the earlest surviving serial number known for the > edison > square Top Standard is , can anyone share a known number less than 500? > > > =========== > Several years ago I bought #283 from Charley Hummel. Significantly, it did > have a gear cover. As with early Homes, these were assembled out of > sequential > order and there's no clear cut-off point for certain features. I > subsequently > sold that one but still have 803, admitted higher than your 500 level but > still very early. It has a gear cover as well, and is in near-mint > original > condition. > > Number 4 is illustrated in Frow's book, the owner is not mentioned. > > Best regards, > Rene Rondeau > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >