19 Edison Ideal

Edison Ideal

Essentially a heavily embellished Triumph, the Ideal was introduced in October 1907 at a whopping $125. The name was changed to Idelia within a couple of months to address with trademark issues. It could be upgraded with two/four minute gearing starting in 1908 and with the large carrier arm and O reproducer after September 1910. A cygnet horn would have also been available from 1908. The owner of this machine however opted to upgrade to the two and four minute gearing and large carrier arm but kept the original straight Ideal horn and crane.