In a Nutshell
You are looking at the first version of Edison's Standard Phonograph: a 1898 2-Clip Squaretop Class S, equipped with the Original "Standard Speaker" (Reproducer and Recorder Combination), Shaver, Record Brush, Speaking and Listening Tubes, Oil Can, two cylinders (brown wax blank + black wax), and appropriate GEM Morning Glory Horn with Crane, in perfectly working Condition

Introduction:
The phonograph invented by Thomas Alva Edison [1847-1931] in 1877, in the beginning was used as a business dictation device and was rented for amusement in public "phonograph parlors". After inventing the phonograph Edison lost interest and worked for his incandescent light bulb. In 1890 he had bought his company back from ill Jesse H. Lippincott [1842-1894], and after declaring bankruptcy in 1894, and thereby also getting back his rights on the phonograph, he started to build first machines for the home entertainment market, the "Class M Home" (1893), the "Amet Motor" (1895), the "Spring Motor" (1896), the "Home" (1897), the "Standard" (1898) and the "GEM" (1899) phonographs, the technically limited GEM selling for $7.50 only. The first Standard "S" phonograph had a square top lid, held with two clips to the cabinet, the 1899 second version Standard "A" squaretop (for sale too) had 4 clips. Another characteristic feature of these early Standards is their straight horizontal end-gate. The reproducer used was in the beginning the "Standard Speaker" (ref.1), developed already in 1889 (the same year the Eiffel tower in Paris was dedicated), which could also be used for recording. For an extra 5$ the improved "Automatic" Reproducer could be substituted. A separate matching Automatic Recorder was sold to do recording. Today the extremely rare Standard Speaker is most collectible, and fetches prices exceeding $1000, even in non-working condition (ref.2). The early Standards also had a built-in shaver, which however was not a very useful device, since the motor turned out to be too weak to do shaving. The "Squaretop Standard", often incorrectly named "Flat Top" or "Suitcase Standard" is the first phonograph to carry the Edison trademark design and the only Edison machine with flat top lid (the "Square top Gem" cabinets were not manufactured by Edison).

Additional information:
ref.1: http://www.edisonshop.com/reproducers/ducer.html
ref.2: http://www.ebay.com/itm/221013205515
           http://www.phonographs.org/store/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=864
ref.3: http://www3.sympatico.ca/jean-paul.agnard/collection3/tube.htm

About my phonograph:
The case is not restained nor refinished, but only wiped. There were no splits to be filled. The face plate is in near mint condition with almost complete pin-striping. The carriage arm is equipped with the original shaver attachment with glass cutter and shavings container and the 2-screw holding clips to adapt the standard speaker introduced in 1889 , which could be aligned for correct tracking. I restored the diaphragm (that had been replaced by mica) and gaskets with a correct new glass diaphragm expertly remanufactured by Norman Bruderhofer in Germany (pict.s 34-38). Both sapphire styli on the common stylus bar are in perfect condition (pict.39).  Due to its low weight the Standard Speaker (when compared with the automatic attachments) is especially suited to play back and record on brown wax cylinders but is also perfectly usable for Gold-Moulded Records, coming up in 1902. The phonograph comes with the (highly collectible ref.3) original speaking tube used to record, and a pair of original listening tubes, that are louder and were at the time mostly used to listen to public and private phonographs. People who liked horns for listening had the choice to use either a small 15" all-brass horn or third party horns like the funnel horn coming with my 4-clip Standard.  My phonograph comes with an Edison 8-panel 18" mini morning glory GEM horn, including its original mounting bracket and its crane, that must have been added around 1904, to improve the quality of sound. A little camel hair brush made by "PLACE", that is clamped to the shaver and was used to clean cylinders and the shaver from shaving and other dust, an original Edison oil can, an Edison brown wax blank and a gold-moulded early ragtime cylinder (see below), complement the many accessories of this phonograph, that account for about 70% of its total value.
By clicking on pict.43 you can watch a youtube video, showing the phonograph playing the 1902 Gold-Moulded Edison record No.7955 "Bay State Quick Step" with the early ragtime banjoist Vess L. Ossman. Please e-mail me (Kris) for any questions, ich spreche Deutsch, je parle Français.

Here are the specifications:

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