Hi Jerry ~ My Gem D is serial #338490 D. Does not appear to have black paint under the body or the horn, which has original paint.
I find it very odd that there would be factory black paint under the maroon on the horn especially, since (I've always assumed) the somewhat iridescent quality of the horn finish comes from the bright tin (or nickeled tin?) base metal of the horn itself. Don't know what to tell you about the black under the maroon finish of the body. Anyone? Andy Baron On Nov 8, 2006, at 7:23 AM, DeeDee Blais wrote: > I recently added a Model D Gem to my collection and I > have a few questions about that model. It's quite > nice but on the few places where maroon paint is > missing, you see black paint underneath. There is no > doubt in my mind about the maroon paint being > original. It came with a maroon one piece M/G horn > (Fireside decal) and it also has black paint under the > maroon. The early Model D Gems must have started the > manufacturing process as black machines and were > repainted. Does anyone know how long into the serial > number range this happened? Does anyone track Gem > serial numbers? This may help... > Gem C #303035 with black one piece horn > Gem D #322971 with maroon one piece horn (black paint > underneath on > both machine and horn) > Gem D #323576 with maroon one piece horn (black paint > underneath on > horn but not sure on machine) > Gem E #356315 with two piece horn (opaque maroon paint > on horn) > Thanks for any help & happy collecting. Jerry Blais > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________ > Want to start your own business? > Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. > http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > Phono-L@oldcrank.org > > Phono-L Archive > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ > > Support Phono-L > http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank
