4 Edison A300 “New Renaissance”

Introduced in late 1912, this is one of the first Edison disc phonographs, probably one of th first 25 of the type made. It was fitted into the cabinet of the Amberola I. It sold for a whopping $300 in 1912. Some interesting things about this machine: The cabinet was fitted for an Amberola I mechanism and according to Edison factory memos was retrofitted to accomodate the “new disc mechanism”. The bottom record drawer was designed to fit 12 inch diamond disc records even though except for sample records and the much later Edison long play records, (1926), Edison never produced a 12 inch disc. Howeve in late 1912 it was anticipated that they would market 12 inch discs.