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Message:: [QUOTE="Roaring20s, post: 10176430, member: 17270"]I have over exposed the auction image to show the phonograph lid with its handle. [ATTACH=full]508975[/ATTACH] I can see that there is a mix of 2 and 4 minute records. The size of the horn is for a Fireside or Gem. Looking at the size of the lid it looks good for one of those, but it may also be a Standard using that smaller size horn. To the left of the lid is a rectangular cardboard box. It could be something I've seen before. All of these models began as 2 minute players and later were made to handle both 2 and 4 minutes. Back to that box. The owners of the older phonographs were offered an inexpensive conversion kit in a box like that. The kit also came with a several 4 minute records, I can identify a few of those record boxes in the lot. It felt like a time capsule to me, and not the common assemblage. It arrived today and this gamble was a good one!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie32" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> The phonograph is an Edison Gem that had been converted to play 2 and 4 minute records with reproducers for both. The cardboard box was indeed for the conversion parts. Also in the tub was the crane that suspends the horn. Nearly all of the 2 minute records have severe mold damage and are trash. The 4 minute records are fine. All of the records are common ones. This little gem is next on my work bench.[/QUOTE]