[78-L] I Have An Edison Disc Phonograph!!!

[David Lennick]

On 4/15/2012 2:48 PM, Mark Bardenwerper wrote:
> On 4/15/2012 1:32 PM, leonard schwartz wrote:
>> hi
>> why didnt you get that much use of it..does it play regular 78s?only
>> edisons records?
>>
>>
> An Edison DD player, being vertical read and having a gear driven arm
> cursor, would be useless playing any other record type.
>
> Conversely, my Brunswick has a convertible pickup. The read head rotates
> and has a secondary stylus in place. Probably better for vertical Pathes
> (and others) as well.
>
Yes..is anyone interested in one of those? It's not the Ultona, which WILL play 
all discs (laterals, Diamond Discs and Pathes) but it does have a new Pathe 
needle and it plays standard 78s. $400, pick up only, in Oshawa which is a half 
hour east of Toronto in the middle of nowhere.

dl